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'{{Infobox criminal | name = Tiago João da Silva | image = [[File:Tiago João da Silva.jpg]] | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = Da Silva before he was murdered. | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1988|12|03}} | birth_place = [[Recife]], [[Pernambuco]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2005|12|18|1988|12|03}} | death_place = [[Recife]] | alias = | conviction = [[Robbery]] | conviction_penalty = | conviction_status = Dead | occupation = Robber | spouse = | parents = João Antônio da Silva | children = }} '''Tiago João da Silva''' was a [[Brazilians|Brazilian]] robber who became known as the '''Menino-aranha''' (lit. spider-boy) because he scaled buildings to steal. He once scaled a 14-floor building<ref name="tiago">[https://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/noticia/viver/2015/03/bandidos-famosos-do-estado-inspiram-producoes-artisticas.html Bandidos famosos do estado inspiram produções artísticas], ''[[Diario de Pernambuco]]'' (March 16, 2015)</ref> and scaled on more of 40 buildings<ref name="tiago"/> during his robbery spree beginning when he was nine.<ref name="pjbr">[http://www2.eca.usp.br/pjbr/arquivos/artigos8_g.htm O menino-aranha: Uma história de notícia], ''Jornalismo Brasileiro''</ref> He was murdered on December 18, 2005 by unknown assailants.<ref>[https://imirante.com/brasil/noticias/2005/12/19/menino-aranha-e-assassinado-no-recife.shtml Menino-Aranha é assassinado no Recife], ''Imirante.com'' (December 19, 2005)</ref> ==Early life== Da Silva was born on December 3, 1988 in the Hospital da Tamarineira in Recife, Pernambuco.<ref name="pjbr" /> ==Crimes== In August 1997 police registered his first robbery: he scaled the Ticiana building, in Madalena, bringing with him some money and phones. When he was ten he robbed the house of an officer, where he was brought to the Conselho Tutelar where he escaped on the same day.<ref name="pjbr" /> In December 1997 he attempted to steal home appliances from a Justice prosecutor in the Candeias neighborhood in [[Jaboatão dos Guararapes]], where he was arrested and brought to the FUNDAC in [[Vitória de Santo Antão]].<ref name="pjbr" /> After being arrested for three days, he escaped, but was rearrested on the same day.<ref name="pjbr" /> In 1998 da Silva was then known as the Menino-aranha. He continued to climb buildings and steal from apartments. Arrested, he was brought to the Diretoria da Polícia da Criança e do Adolescente. In some of his robberies he was accompanied by his younger brother, 10-year-old AJS, who did not climb the buildings and waited beneath.<ref name="pjbr" /> When they were arrested, they sniffed glue and carried $7 with them. Brought to the Conselho Tutelar, they escaped three hours later. In late December 1998, his older brother, 13-year-old MJS, accompanied Tiago when he was arrested.<ref name="pjbr" /> In January 1999, then 11-year-old Tiago attempted to rob a house in Imbiribeira but was arrested and brought to Batalhão Dias Cardoso, and the following day to the Centro de Ressocialização Santa Luzia in Iputinga. There, he spent 11 months and for having good behaviour was sent back to his family.<ref name="pjbr" /> ==Personality== Da Silva was a shy boy and talked little. He answered the questions by shaking his head and looking in the other direction. He was a nail-bitter<ref name="pjbr" /> and according to his father, then 54-year-old Antônio da Silva, Tiago began robbing after the death of his mother. He was polite when he was at the Conselho Tutelar, but some times was very nervous and threw stones at people.<ref name="pjbr" /> Da Silva liked to be on the newspapers and felt he was like a hero.<ref name="pjbr" /> ==Judges opinions about Tiago== Judge Luiz Carlos feared "that such popularity would eventually end the boy's death sentence. Some action had to be taken before he appeared dead in some wasteland."<ref name="pjbr" /> However, Judge Bartolomeu Bueno had a different position when he sentenced: "The spider-boy cannot be considered unimputable. He has the potential for real and subjective danger that needs to be considered."<ref name="pjbr" /> ==Later life== On January 18, 2000 da Silva was staying at the Pracinha de Boa Viagem, where he was found sleeping by the homeless, who called the police. In September he began robbing buildings in Piedade and Casa forte. He was taken to Casarão de Semi-Liberdade, where he later escaped and disappeared.<ref name="pjbr" /> In 2001 he was arrested in FUNDAC in Abreu e Lima and did go through a detox treatment.<ref name="pjbr" /> In 2002, when he was 14, when he exited the Centro Eulâmpio Cordeiro, he began to live in the streets, sleeping in the streets of Peixinhos, [[Olinda]], being fed by a resident.<ref name="pjbr" /> He was arrested when he attempted to break into a car with a knife to steal the tape player in the parking lot of the Conjunto Residencial João Paulo II. With him was a man named "Pirro" which was an adult.<ref name="pjbr" /> Again, he was arrested when he was found in the garage of the Edifício Vivenda das Orquídeas, in the Torre neighborhood. Da Silva was now stealing from houses and cars, explaining that: "I stopped climbing buildings. I now rob only houses that I usually go into at night when people sleep. Many times I entered by the top-hung. Other times I passed by the balcony. I would take my bags to the living room and run away without anyone seeing me."<ref name="pjbr" /> ==Final escape and death== On December 18, 2005, da Silva was brought to an hospital with bullet wounds to his hands, thorax and head. Nine days after being captured, he was admitted to the trauma department of HR, nurse 601, to undergo surgery. The operation had to be authorized by a responsible person and Fundac located Tiago's father. João Antônio da Silva, the father, was taken to HR to release the surgery, but couldn't decide for his son because he arrived completely drunk at the hospital. Tiago was thinking the doctors were going to amputate his hand and didn't want to undergo hand surgery.<ref name="pjbr" /> João Antônio was in no condition to help Tiago. On the night of December 18, one of the surveillance officers missed and the other, at dawn, handcuffed Tiago on the stretcher and went to the bathroom. When he returned the patient was no longer there. The agent was missing Tiago at 00:30 on Sunday, but only recorded his escape at the duty station of Santo Amaro, at 10:22. It was the 39th escape from Tiago João da Silva and also the last.<ref name="pjbr" /> At 3am he was spotted in a gafieira. At 4:30 am the Delegacia de Homicídios was informed that there was a body with 14 bullet holes of 380 caliber pistols and 9mm in a square in Boa Viagem. Street boys recognized the body as being from Tiago. Delegate Ivonete Silva of the Homicide Center said that the characteristics of the murder signaled the desire to exterminate it.<ref name="pjbr" /> ==Legacy and aftermath== Da Silva was buried on December 20, 2005. From the family, only his father appeared on the funeral. Besides from his father, three assistants from FUNDAC and four other people appeared at the funeral.<ref name="pjbr" /> The life of da Silva was made into a documentary, called ''Menino-Aranha'', made by journalist Mariana Lacerda.<ref>[https://olinguarudo7nb.wordpress.com/o-linguarudo-7nb-no-cine-pe/curtas/menino-aranha-uma-lenda-urbana/ Menino-Aranha: uma lenda urbana], ''O Linguarudo NB''</ref> The 13 minutes documentary can be seen on YouTube.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNQrBnK22B0 Menino-Aranha], ''YouTube''</ref> ==See also== * [[List of unsolved murders (21st century)|List of unsolved murders]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:da Silva, Tiago Joao}} [[Category:1988 births]] [[Category:2005 deaths]] [[Category:Brazilian criminals]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm in Brazil]] [[Category:Male murder victims]] [[Category:People convicted of robbery]] [[Category:People murdered in Brazil]] [[Category:Street children]] [[Category:Unsolved murders in Brazil]]'