Brazilian Police on Friday found the body of a kidnapped Italian entrepreneur Vicenzo Nazzaro on the floor of an apartment in downtown Blumenau, in the southern state of Santa Catarina.

Nazzaro was hit with a bottle of champagne, which resulted in his death, according to an initial report.

Besides, Police found Carlos Larcerda Jr. asleep next to Nazzaro's body. He declared himself as the entrepreneur's bodyguard, but Nazzaro's sister-in-law Tatiane Lourenco da Silva, who had also been kidnapped, identified him as one of the kidnapper.

The 55-year-old Nazzaro, who owned 42 pieces of property in Santa Catarina, was kidnapped on Thursday evening after arriving at the airport in the state's capital of Florianopolis, according to Police Chief Walmir Padilha.

Silva, 26, said that two men, who identified themselves as federal agents, pretended to have orders to arrest the entrepreneur, and took them to the apartment in Blumenau.

They demanded 200,000 U.S. dollars from Nazzaro, and Silva was sent to another town to get the money. But she failed to accomplish the task. Meanwhile, neighbors called the police, saying that they could hear fighting sounds coming from the apartment.

When the Police arrived, there was blood all over the place. They also found four bullets in the ceiling, shot from a gun that was in the bedroom, the police chief said.

Larcerda Jr., who pretended to having serious injuries in his leg, was admitted to the hospital and charged with kidnapping and murder. Policemen are now tracking the other criminal who locked the apartment and ran away.

Source: Xinhua