A Brazilian player has confessed to creepy that he killed a professional rival of “Call of Duty” after posting a horrible video of his bloodied body on social media, according to reports.
Guilherme Alves Costa, 18, allegedly stabbed Ingrid Oliveira Bueno da Silva, 19, at her home in Sao Paulo, where she had gone on Monday to participate in a “Call of Duty: Mobile” contest, she reported the Times of London.
Fellow players sounded the alarm after Alves Costa, who played online under the name “Lantern” for the “Gamers Elite” team, posted the horrible images.
“You’re thinking it’s ink or it’s edited or something, but it’s not,” Alves Costa said online as he laughed.
“I really killed her, didn’t I? I also have a book. I asked some people to share it. I hope you read it. It contains some truths,” he added, according to the Mirror.
The book was a 52-page manifesto in which Alves Costa explained why he committed the alleged crime, complaining of getting tired of life, having no purpose and not being okay with people, the media reported. .
He reportedly fled the scene, but police were called when his brother came home and found the woman on the ground.
Alves Costa reportedly called his family to tell him he would commit suicide, but his brother talked about it, according to the Mirror.
When police arrived at his home in the suburb of Pirituba, they asked him for a motive for the crime, The Times reported.
“Because I wanted to,” he reported, he later added, “I know the gravity of this situation.”
Alves Costa is said to have told investigators that the victim had “crossed” [his] way “, according to the Mirror.
Bueno da Silva, called Sol Online, competed professionally for a group called Fantastic Brazil Impact.
“He was an extraordinary person, whom we will remember every day the sun rises,” the team said in a statement, according to The Times.
A Gamers Elite representative told local media that team leaders had never known the alleged killer and expressed their shock at the murder.
The video game industry has experienced a sharp increase in global sales amid the coronavirus pandemic, with billions of people spending more time at home and looking for distraction in closures.
In Latin America, e-commerce portal Mercado Libre saw a 200% increase last year in sales of gaming-related merchandise, The Times reported.