Man accused of murdering Bruna Fonseca had searched online 'how to kill in three seconds', trial told
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.
Sgt Barron told the jury of five men and seven women that an analysis of Mr Pacheco’s Samsung phone found text messages to his family and friends as well as to Bruna Fonseca, with whom he had been in a relationship which ended days after his arrival in Cork in December 2022.
Among the messages they found was one that Miller sent to his sister, Millena, in Brazil just before midnight on December 19, 2022, in which he asked her to look after his Shih Tzu dog, D’eagle before telling her: “I’ve kind of decided what I will do and I won’t tell anyone.”
Sgt Barron said he did not expand on what he meant by that comment, but the analysis of his phone showed that five minutes later, he visited a website entitled ‘How to kill in three seconds’ which gave details of the massacre of a Brazilian family in Spain.
The analysis also revealed that just three minutes after that, there was a visit to another website entitled “What are the necessary conditions to kill someone” and then a minute after that there was a visit to another website “Three ways to fight well with knives”.
On December 16, 2022, Miller texted Bruna where he complained that she was putting him through hell. She replied: “You didn’t understand that there’s no love left, no admiration in the relationship and still you chose to stay.”
She told him to move on, repeating that the relationship was over.
Miller texted: “I must deserve hell because that’s where you brought me and chose for me to be here and for me to live in it and now you hurt me and the others who are good people and I am trash.”
In another, he texted: “I wish you a lot of pleasure and happiness with the S.O.B you chose and met in three weeks and made me look like trash, being that you loved men and that we had a plan and that you led me to believe that here all our dreams would be wonderful and all our dreams with D’eagle.”
In some texts to Bruna, the pet dog is referred to by Miller as their "child".
Miller sent an audio message: “You don’t feel anything, you don’t feel anything about me really, only wish to hurt me, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt and more and more and more and then go and be with someone else instead of me, that’s what you feel — it can only be that …. Go f*** yourself.
“You really want to get away and disappear and leave me alone without anything — I was left without anything, I sold everything and now I have nothing, really nothing — that’s what you want for me, that’s what you want for me, the father of your child (a reference to their pet dog).”
Two days later, he said Bruna has stopped following him on Instagram, and says she is “moving on with your life in a cold way.”
Bruna texted back: “Miller, I am very sorry for everything that happened. I made a lot of mistakes and there are no words to describe how that hurts me and how much I regret it. But, unfortunately or fortunately — I don’t know — it helped me realise that we are not good for each other.
"I didn’t lie when I said I was happy you were coming (to Cork) and everything happened so fast here, you have been living this experience, things happen at maximum speed and intensity.
"But I don’t love you and I can’t be with someone out of pity, that’s why I need to distance myself because for you, any sign of help is a light at the end of the tunnel, and I can’t give you hope because I don’t want us to get back together.”
She added: “There was no one else — he wasn’t the reason I broke up — I was. Me and me alone — I hope you will be alright, if you decide to go back (to Brazil), know your family will support you.”
In another exchange, Miller texted: “My problem, Bruna, is having loved you and loving you like this and not wanting to forget you and move on without you. I apologise to everybody and if I hurt you, but in fact this time, there is no way to win this battle.
“I am going day by day until when I see that I can take the ton of things I am carrying but it gets heavier every day and the more far from me you are, the weaker I get and the heavier the burden is. I apologise for everything and yes, I didn’t want to want you like this and love you like this. Goodbye.”
On December 24, they are in company at a Christmas Eve party and Bruna texted him saying she will leave if he doesn’t drop his sad face. He texts back: “What face do you want me to have, Bruna? You want to choose the way I look. Tell me if I have any reason to look as if everything is fine. You may have reasons to be happy, but I don’t.”
After more exchanges that continue into the early hours of Christmas Day, Bruna texts him: “Don’t talk to me, never look for me again, you will never know about me. If possible, send news about D’eagle to my mother.”
He blames her again but she replies: “Miller, for God’s sake, stop all of this you are doing — it’s ridiculous, no one can stand it anymore.”
Later on Christmas Day at 2.15pm Miller asks to know whether she is at home or working. She refers to him asking others for her address and tells him to stop “because this looks like stalking”.
On December 29, Bruna texted: “Miller, this isn’t our moment anymore. You will not get me back like this, needing me every day.” In another she said: “I just want peace, tranquillity, now.”
Bruna’s finger was nicked when she took a knife from Miller because she was concerned that he would harm himself. Miller referred to her cut in a text on New Year’s Eve: “I am not that monster, I would never hurt you physically or mentally. I’m sorry. But it’s not and never was my intention.”
Bruna replied: “I know you didn’t mean it.”
The trial continues on Monday, January 19.
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