Brown Univ. Shooter was ‘Sophisticated in Hiding His Tracks’ Authorities Say

Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the person accused of capturing up Brown University Saturday after which gunning down MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at his dwelling Monday, used “sophisticated” ways to cover his tracks as he tried to hide his horrid actions.

US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Leah Foley laid all of it out in a press convention Thursday evening, revealing Neves Valente probably used an untraceable telephone and prevented utilizing bank cards tied to his title. He can be stated to have switched the Florida license plates of his rental Nissan to unregistered license plates from Maine inside 24 hours of the Brown capturing, and earlier than he slayed Loureiro.

As for his connection to the MIT nuclear physicist, prosecutors say the pair attended the identical educational program in Portugal between 1995 and 2000. Loureiro was discovered shot at his Brookline, Massachusetts dwelling Monday and died Tuesday. The particular motive for murdering Loureiro stays unclear.

Neves Valente entered the United States in August 2000 as an F-1 scholar at Brown University to check in a doctoral program, authorities stated. He finally dropped out, and obtained U.S. lawful everlasting residency in April 2017.