Brazil brothers charged with burying father alive: father was "a violent man who drank too much and didn't accept their homosexuality"?

In a horrifying story, two brother in Brazil stand accused of killing their father, in an unthinkable tragedy.

The two men are under arrest after allegedly using over the counter sleeping pills to knock their father out, and then burying him alive. Goodness gracious. The two young men confessed, but indicated that their father was abusive, and that he was a violent man especially when drinking too much alcohol, and some anngry outbursts may have been caused by the father not accepting his sons' homosexuality

A terrible story whatever the details turn out to be, hopefully the courts, attorneys and mental health experts will sort it all out and bring some semblance of justice.

Brazil brothers charged with burying father alive: father was "a violent man who drank too much and didn't accept their homosexuality"?
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Two brothers were charged with killing their father, a local Afro-Brazilian religious leader, by knocking him out with sleeping pills and then burying him alive, investigators told a Brazilian news website. Antonio Valente Filho, chief of police of Timon, in Maranhao state, told Globo TV's G1 website that the brothers, ages 18 and 21, confessed this week to planning the murder. They told police their father was a violent man who drank too much and didn't accept their homosexuality, said Filho said. A neighbor was also questioned about whether he helped the brothers dig the hole, Valente Filho told G1. Neither the suspects nor the victim were named.

Brazil brothers charged with burying father alive