A woman has been arrested at a bank in Brazil after wheeling her dead uncle into a mall and trying to withdraw money from his account.
Video posted to X, formerly Twitter, shows the moment Erika de Souza, 42, tried to get her lifeless 68-year-old uncle, Paulo Roberto Braga, to sign documents at a teller's desk. Video of the shocking incident has since been removed from social media but it was shared by The Daily Mail.
She was trying to take out 17,000 reais (NZD $5491).
"I don't think this is legal. He doesn't look well. He's very pale," a teller is heard saying.
De Souza responded saying he was "like that", adding "sign so you don't give me any more headaches, I can't take it anymore".
Quotes have been translated to English.
Staff at the bank were concerned about the man's wellbeing and called police.
De Souza was arrested at the scene, in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Bangu.
Police are looking for the rideshare app driver who brought them to the mall.
Rio de Janeiro Civil Police chief Fábio Souza told Brazilian news outlet G1 it's believed Braga would have been dead for about two hours.
He said it was hard to know for sure, but pointed to cadaver spots that were visible on the back of his head.
Authorities said if he had died while in his wheelchair those cadaver spots would have been on his legs.
"In my 22-year career I have never seen a story like this," Souza said.
De Souza believes her uncle died while at the bank but police dispute this claim.
"It was found by Samu (Mobile Emergency Attendance Service) that there was (livor mortis). This only happens from the moment of death, but is only noticeable around two hours after death," Souza said.
De Souza is facing attempted theft by fraud and vilification of a corpse charges.
Police are also looking to confirm if they are in fact related.
In a similar 2010 case, two women tried to smuggle a dead relative onto a flight, according to The Mirror.
