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The Lead Masks Case: What Happened on Vintem Hill?
On August 20, 1966, a young boy discovered the bodies of two electronics technicians on Vintém Hill in Niterói, across the bay from Rio de Janeiro. Manuel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana lay side by side in neat business suits and heavy raincoats, with roughly cut lead masks secured over their eyes. The scene showed no signs of violence or theft. Nearby, police recovered a notebook containing a handwritten checklist instructing the men to ingest capsules, protect themselves with metals, and wait for a signal.
The cause of their deaths remains officially undetermined. Advanced…
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