Bungee-jump employee took GoPro camera off student's body after she fell to her death without a rope: witness
Key Points:
- A bungee jump instructor in Brazil was allegedly seen removing a GoPro camera from the body of Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, after she fell 130 feet to her death without a rope during a jump from "Skeleton Bridge" in Limeira.
- Rodrigues de Freitas had paid extra to carry the GoPro to record a 360-degree video of her jump, but the camera is now missing despite a thorough search.
- Three instructors filmed throwing Rodrigues de Freitas off the ledge have been arrested and charged; two attempted to flee and were later apprehended with police assistance.
- Witnesses reported the instructors appeared disoriented and that other employees were seen collecting equipment and changing clothes after the incident.
- The police consider the missing GoPro a crucial piece of evidence, and the investigation is ongoing, while three other employees were briefly detained but released without charges.