A Brazilian player confessed horribly that he killed a professional rival “Call of Duty” after uploading terrible videos of her bloodied body on social networks, according to reports.
Guilherme Alves Costa, 18, allegedly stabbed 19-year-old Ingrid Oliveira Bueno da Silva to her home in Sao Paulo, where she had left on Monday to compete in the Call of Duty: Mobile “, Reported the Times of London.
Fellow players sounded the alarm after Alves Costa – who played online under the name “Lantern” for the “Gamers Elite” team – posted the awful footage.
“You think it’s ink or it’s edited or something, but it’s not,” Alves Costa said online, laughing.
“I really killed her, didn’t I?” I have a book too. I asked some people to share it. I hope you read it. It contains some truths “, he added, according to Mirror.
The book was a 52-page manifesto in which Alves Costa explained why he committed the alleged crime, complaining that he is tired of life, has no goals and does not get along with people, the press reported.
He fled the scene, but police were called when his brother arrived home and found the woman on the floor.
Alves Costa is said to have called his family to say he would commit suicide, but his brother took him out of it, according to the Mirror.
When police arrived at his home in the suburb of Pirituba, they asked him for a motive for the murder, The Times reported.
“Because I wanted to,” he said, adding later, “I know the gravity of this situation.”
Alves Costa is said to have told investigators that the victim “passed [his] the way “, according to Mirror.
Bueno da Silva, whose online name was Sol, competed professionally for a group called Fantastic Brazil Impact.
“He was an extraordinary person, whom we will remember every day as the sun rises,” the team said in a statement, according to The Times.
A Gamers Elite representative told local media that the team’s management never met the alleged killer and expressed shock at the murder.
The video game industry has seen a sharp increase in global sales amid the coronavirus pandemic, with billions of people spending more time in their homes and seeking to distract from blockages.
In Latin America, the e-commerce portal Mercado Libre reported a 200% increase in sales of gaming-related goods last year, The Times reported.