Man rips out ten-year-old girl's heart after raping her as she walked home from school

A 'sex monster' is accused of ripping a young schoolgirl's heart out of her chest after raping and killing her in a horrific act. Jairo Lopes, 42, allegedly targeted 10-year-old Raiana Aparecida Candida as she walked to school in the Brazilian state of Minais Gerais last week. The youngster's body was discovered on a country farm in Buenopolis, around 440 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, with her heart reportedly torn out. The organ - which police believe may have been removed as part of a black magic ceremony - was found buried near her corpse following a search.

Jairo Lopes, arrested after being found hiding in undergrowth near the murder scene after a five-day manhunt, had to be airlifted from the area after around 500 locals massed in a bid to lynch him. He initially claimed he was innocent but later reportedly confessed to the barbaric crime. An aunt, who asked not to be named, said the alleged killer had turned up at the family home the week before Raiana disappeared and claimed he was looking for work.
She said: “His house is about three miles from the property Raiana lived in.
“A few days before she disappeared, he turned up, said his name was Roberto and asked to speak to her dad
“Her grandfather said he wasn’t in. This man stayed and chatted for a while, smoked a cigarette and said he was looking for work.”