Brown Univ. Shooter was ‘Refined in Hiding His Tracks’ Authorities Say

Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the person accused of capturing up Brown College Saturday after which gunning down MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at his residence Monday, used “subtle” techniques to cover his tracks as he tried to hide his horrid actions.

US Lawyer for the District of Massachusetts Leah Foley laid all of it out in a press convention Thursday evening, revealing Neves Valente seemingly used an untraceable telephone and prevented utilizing bank cards tied to his identify. He’s additionally stated to have switched the Florida license plates of his rental Nissan to unregistered license plates from Maine inside 24 hours of the Brown capturing, and earlier than he slayed Loureiro.

As for his connection to the MIT nuclear physicist, prosecutors say the pair attended the identical educational program in Portugal between 1995 and 2000. Loureiro was discovered shot at his Brookline, Massachussetts residence Monday and died Tuesday. The particular motive for murdering Loureiro stays unclear.

Neves Valente entered the USA in August 2000 as an F-1 pupil at Brown College to check in a doctoral program, authorities stated. He finally dropped out. He obtained U.S. lawful everlasting residency in April 2017.

Detectives have been capable of hint him to a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire Thursday evening after finding an deserted automobile with a license plate they believed to be related to him. They entered the unit upon acquiring a search warrant and located him lifeless from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, ending a extremely publicized 5 day manhunt.

Investigators have but to uncover the killer’s motives.