Man accused of murdering Bruna Fonseca had searched online 'how to kill in three seconds', trial told

Five minutes before the online search Miller Pacheco had texted his sister in Brazil to say: 'I’ve kind of decided what I will do and I won’t tell anyone.'

On December 16, 2022, Miller Pacheco (pictured) texted Bruna where he complained that she was putting him through hell, the court heard. File picture: Dan Linehan

“How to kill in three seconds” appeared on the web history search of the man who denies murdering his ex-girlfriend. The Central Criminal Court in Cork heard that five minutes earlier he had texted his sister in Brazil to say: “I’ve kind of decided what I will do and I won’t tell anyone.” 

Sergeant Brian Barron gave this evidence from the phone records of Miller Pacheco at his trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork where he denies the murder of Bruna Fonseca at his apartment at Liberty Street in Cork on January 1, 2023.