Hytalo Santos was on an escape route from Brazil, says police chief

The delegate of the State Department of Criminal Investigations of the Civil Police of São Paulo, Fernando David de Melo Gonçalves, stated this Friday 15 that the influencer from Paraíba Hytalo Santos and his husband, Israel Nata Vicente, were on a flight route from Brazil.

“We don’t know which countries they would go to, but it could be [that they fled] through Foz do Iguaçu or the South of the country itself,” he declared.

The couple was preemptively arrested this Friday on suspicion of promoting the exploitation and exposure of minors in content produced for social media. Hytalo and her husband were found at a home in Carapicuíba, Greater São Paulo.

Hytalo is being investigated by the Paraíba Public Prosecutor's Office and the Labor Prosecutor's Office for exploiting and exposing minors in content produced for social media. The case gained notoriety after YouTuber Felca reported the "adultification" of children and adolescents.

According to the police chief, agents seized four cell phones from Hytalo, another four from Israel, and a Land Rover registered in Paraíba. On Wednesday the 13th, court officials and military police went to the influencer's home in Paraíba to execute a search and seizure warrant, but found the property empty. The agents managed to access the backyard and noticed a washing machine running, raising suspicions that the residents had left in a hurry.

The Deic delegate also said that the couple drove from Paraíba to São Paulo and arrived in Carapicuíba on Thursday 14th. The route from Bayeux (PB) to the São Paulo city is over 2,800 kilometers, an estimated journey of 40 hours.

The couple will spend the night at the 1st Police Precinct in Carapicuíba. An online custody hearing will take place on Saturday the 16th. If the arrest is confirmed, Hytalo and her husband will be taken to the Carapicuíba Police Precinct and will be held at the disposal of the São Paulo State Penitentiary Administration Department for possible transfer to Paraíba.