Gay teacher shot and set on fire in brutal murder

metroweekly.com:

Globo reports that local police have arrested three people, aged 20, 33, and 39, who all claimed to know Kosmaski.Kosmaski was last seen on April 30 at a local bar, and police found his body the following day in a car next to a highway.

He had been shot twice, but police can’t confirm if he was still alive when the car was set on fire.While a motive is still trying to be determined, local activists are branding Kosmaski’s murder a hate crime.

Benedito Camargo, his cousin, told UOL that Kosmaski had received death threats prior to being killed.“He was well known in the region,” Kosmaski said. “Before he died, he paid everyone for beer and then he disappeared.