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A Chinese noodles stall owner in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was sentenced to 38 years in prison by a court after denying that he stalked an 18-year-old girl. He lured her to his home, strangled her, cut her into pieces and allegedly fed her to a dog to destroy evidence.
brazil A terrible murder took place in Rio de Janeiro. Qiu Zhaohu (transliteration), a Chinese noodle stall owner, was infatuated with 18-year-old Marcelle Julia Araújo da Silva. When his pursuit was rejected, he called her to his residence on the pretext of giving her a gift, strangled her, cut her into pieces and tortured her.remains He used it to feed two pitbulls he raised in an attempt to destroy the corpses and erase the marks. After hearing the case, the local court sentenced Qiu Nan to 38 years in prison on October 29.
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According to extensive foreign media reports, this matter occurred on June 12, 2025. Qiu Zhaohu, 38, was driving a Japanese fried noodle truck in Rio de Janeiro at the time. He had known the Marcelli family for at least 10 years and had close family ties. However, Qiu Nan gradually developed a strong passion for Marcelli, who was 20 years younger. He wanted to develop a romantic relationship with her, but became angry after being rejected.
In the morning of the day of the incident, Qiu Nan asked Marceli to personally pick them up at her residence under the pretext of preparing Valentine’s Day gifts and gift baskets. Surveillance video showed that the girl entered Qiu Man’s residence early in the morning, but a few hours later, Qiu Man left alone, pushing a large trolley covered with blue canvas.
After Marceli disappeared, relatives and friends immediately called the police and began a search. On June 14, relatives and friends followed and found the body in a house under construction called Kiu Nan in Pavuna, north of Rio city. Two pit bulls were gnawing at the scene.
The prosecutor said that after Qiu Nan killed Marcelli, he dismembered the body and took it to another property in an attempt to cover up the crime by letting a pit bull eat the body parts. He also threw the girl’s personal belongings in a nearby river. During the investigation, Qiu Nan briefly fled Rio de Janeiro, and was eventually arrested in the city of Calapicuiba, São Paulo state. The police jointly arrested him across the state.
After being arrested, Qiu Nan confessed to the police that she had strangled Marcelli with her own hands. Another witness said she saw him sending messages to a friend, claiming, “I’ve killed him, now it’s my turn.” Nearby neighbors also told police that Qiu often invited young women to his residence, and he was accused of drugging or giving the women alcohol before having sex.
After a hearing on October 29, a second jury court in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil sentenced Qiu Nan to 38 years in prison for murdering the women and hiding the bodies. At sentencing, Judge Elizabeth Machado Luro deplored that the act of handing over the victim’s body to a pit bull to eat was enough to shock and disgust a normal person, and it also caused great harm to the family. She stressed that in addition to punishing criminals, punishment should also serve as a warning and education to prevent violence against women.
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The defendant is 38-year-old Chinese noodles stall owner Qiu Zhaohu, and the victim is 18-year-old Marcelli. The two families knew each other for at least 10 years and originally had close relations. However, when Qiu Nan became obsessed with her, he committed a murder because his pursuit was rejected.
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Under the pretext of preparing Valentine’s Day gifts and gift baskets, he asked the girl to personally pick them up at his residence, and took the opportunity to strangle and dismember her. He also moved the body to another property in an effort to let his pit bulls eat the body parts to destroy evidence.
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On October 29, the Second Jury Court of Rio de Janeiro sentenced Qiu Nan to 38 years in prison on charges including the murder of the women and hiding the corpses. The judge emphasized that the act of giving the body to a pit bull to eat was extremely horrific and caused great harm to the family.
