On August 17, 2016, 19-year-old Brazilian Patrick Nogueira murdered his uncle Marcos, his wife Janaina and their two children, David and MarÃa Carolina, aged one and four. He quartered them and put them in several garbage bags that he left in the living room of his chalet, in an urbanization in Pioz (Guadalajara). The smell of decomposition of the corpses caused the neighbors to call the Civil Guard. Answering questions that remained unsolved in this case known as Pioz’s crime is the aim of No se lo digas a nadie, the new docuseries released on Atresplayer Premium. The case also had a peculiarity: it was the first to be broadcast on WhatsApp.
Through five episodes we want to answer questions such as why that student from a wealthy family who wanted to be a footballer decided to kill; why that wasn’t enough, but he had to share it instantly; why that other teenager who was watching everything in the distance did nothing, or why the group of young people who had access to those messages kept quiet, and only a 17-year-old girl dared to bring it to their attention of the police
“Pioz’s story contains the key issues of our time”, highlights producer Luz Aldama, such as the relationship between young people and the networks and how they affect their behaviour. “We don’t know if they kept quiet because they see violence as something normal.”
By the time investigators managed to gather all the evidence incriminating Nogueira, who received several life sentences that could be reviewed, the young man had already fled to Brazil, which made bringing him back to Spain a challenge.
This drama took a turn in the investigation when some WhatsApp messages were made public. Patrick had a seven-hour conversation through this messaging network with his best friend, Marvin Henriques, who lived 6,000 kilometers away, in the Brazilian city of João Pessoa.
“It was very impressive to listen to Marvin – explains the producer – who did not agree to participate in the documentary until he saw that there was a court decision in his favor. He also needed to explain his version and that he was a very different young man to that teenager who made a mistake. He needed to be heard”, he says.
This outlandish conversation immediately ran like wildfire among dozens of young people. but only one girl, Jordana, dared to take her to the police. “She also needed to close this chapter of her life. In fact, when we finished the interview, he ended with a sigh and said ‘finally, it’s over’. He had to get rid of everything that had been clouding his mind for these seven years”, he points out.
To build this story, the documentary team traveled to Brazil to obtain the witnesses closest to Nogueira, as well as to obtain images of the places he frequented. The result is a work that collects the voices of the affected families, friends, those responsible for the investigation in Spain and Brazil and the investigating judge.