Man Convicted of Wife's Murder Flees with Son, Loses Custody

In Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Ivan Nogueira was convicted in absentia to 36 years in prison for the femicide of his wife, manicurist Regiane Carneiro de Moura Silva, in May 2022. Nogueira fled with their then-infant son, now 7 years old, and has remained a fugitive for four years. He has not appeared to serve his sentence, and authorities are actively seeking him. A separate police inquiry is underway for 'subtraction of an incapable person,' a crime defined by removing someone under 18 from legal guardianship. The law stipulates penalties ranging from two months to two years imprisonment for this offense, regardless of the perpetrator's familial relationship. Despite the maternal grandmother obtaining legal custody of the child, Miguel Nogueira da Silva, he has not been delivered to her. Nogueira's defense attorneys and his family have no knowledge of his whereabouts or the child's. To evade capture, fugitives often resort to other crimes, such as identity fraud, to maintain their hidden lives, increasing their legal entanglement. The police recently released an updated image of Miguel, now 7, in an effort to locate him. Nogueira's father, a neighbor, reported hearing disturbances and finding the victim deceased with signs of strangulation, and the family car missing, along with Nogueira and the child. The car was later found abandoned. In a letter to his parents, Nogueira expressed remorse and stated he did not wish to live as a fugitive.