The three bungee jump workers accused of tossing a 21βyearβold Brazilian woman off a bridge to her death who were arrested for their role in the fatal fall were seen being interrogated for the first time.
Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, plummeted to her death at the Skeleton Bridge in Limeira, SΓ£o Paulo, on Saturday, with shocking video showing the moment the aspiring physical education teacher was allegedly killed by her bungee jumping instructors.
In newlyβreleased interrogation footage, the three men discussed their alleged involvement in Freitas’ death and lamented the incident.
They varied in demeanor, from downcast to noncommittal, and one of them still sported braces as he insisted he had nothing to do with her death.
Luis Felipe Feliciano Egoroff, 32, the instructor carrying Freitas’ front, told authorities that he and Maicon Fernandes Cintra, 42, were responsible for placing the rope.
‘It’s him or me who does that,’ he said in the interrogation, which was reported by EPTV.
But then, Egoroff repeatedly insisted that he could not recall any other details of what transpired leading up to Freitas’ fatal fall.
‘I went to the front first,’ he said. ‘After that, it erased it from my mind. I can’t remember.’
Cintra told authorities that he had been the instructor at Freitasβ feet at the time of the incident.
He explained that the the groupβs roles varied when it came to their rope jump operation.
‘In the procedure, sometimes I’m the one who places the rope [on the person], sometimes it’s Felipe,β Cintra told authorities.
Cintra appeared to be looking towards the ground for most of his interrogation.
The instructor said the jumping equipment was βvisibleβ and that it was difficult to comprehend how the mistake leading to Freitasβ tragic death had not been spotted.
βIt’s us three on the job,β he said. ‘I can’t understand at what moment I didn’t see the rope.β
Moments later, he added: βI simply cannot understand.’
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