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Mendonça's tutor called his parents because the child had not turned up for his 5:00 PM lesson, and they quickly initiated a search for him. Because Mendonça had told his mother that he was planning to meet up with his friend Dias, the police sought him for questioning. Dias was in an emotional state
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and convicted after a new trial in 2014. The second trial, which followed an appeal by Mendonça's family, focused on Dias' attempts to coerce Mendonça into having sex with a prostitute, and was unrelated to the child's disappearance. Despite Dias's appeal, this second ruling was upheld by the
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