Once inside the home, Daniel's actions quickly escalated far beyond a dispute over a video game:
In July 2007, 16-year-old Daniel Petry killed 12-year-old Gabriel Kuhn following a dispute over a small amount of virtual currency ($1.00 USD) in the online game The Crime: gabriel kuhn y daniel perry photos ver
Because Daniel Petry was a minor (16) at the time of the crime under Brazilian law, he was sentenced to the maximum term allowed for a juvenile offender: three years in a socio-educational facility. He was released in 2010. Once inside the home, Daniel's actions quickly escalated
Daniel broke into Gabriel’s home while the boy's parents were away. After a physical assault, Daniel bound and strangled Gabriel until he lost consciousness. Believing the boy was dead, Daniel attempted to hide the body by dismembering it with a hacksaw. Gabriel briefly regained consciousness during the attack before dying from blood loss. After a physical assault, Daniel bound and strangled
In 2007, a tragic and exceptionally brutal murder occurred in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil. A 16-year-old named brutally murdered his 12-year-old friend, Gabriel Kuhn , following a dispute over virtual currency in an online game.
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Transferred to a secure psychiatric institution indefinitely