Vigilante justice surged in a Brazilian community recently after a missing 9-year-old girl was found buried in a hiding place underneath the floor of a local store.
Marco Jacob, 61, died after the incident, which began when a family in the city of Tramandaí reported their daughter missing, according to the U.K. Daily Mail.
The girl had gone to a nearby group of stores, with her family’s permission, but did not return.
Surveillance video showed the girl entering the convenience store Jacob operated.
Her father put the police onto Jacob after saying he thought the man behaved oddly, and also had a scratch on his nose.
Rio Grande do Sul Military Police and Civil Police responded, conducting an aggressive search in which they forcibly removed
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