The pastor who paid 400 dollars for his wife

The pastor who paid $400 for his wife: The murder of Sara Mariano in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil On the night of October 24, 2023, Sara Mariano got into a vehicle believing she was attending a women's meeting at her church. Minutes later, her body was dragged into a nearby forest. The inexplicable: her husband, Pastor Ederlan Mariano, was recording videos crying on social media asking for her to come home, while his accomplices were burning her body just minutes from their house. In this episode, we explore how a revered religious leader with 100,000 followers on Instagram orchestrated a homicide for less than $400, the network of hitmen who executed the crime, and the contradictions that unraveled his alibi: the absence of a non-existent religious event, the deleted cellphone, and the coordinated confessions of three accomplices. The church, the image of a perfect family, and social media were not tools of salvation, but of cover-up. Victim: Sara Mariano Date: October 24, 2023 Location: Salvador de Bahia, Brazil Status: Three detained; no trial date - Ederlan Mariano paid 2,000 reais (approximately $400) to three men to murder his wife after discovering an alleged infidelity. - Sara had confessed to her mother days before that she would make "a decision" about her marriage; she was later found charred on a wooded road. - The pastor recorded videos in national media asking for her to appear while her body was burning in a second burning operation ordered by him. - Víctor Gabriel, who physically restrained Sara during the stabbing, voluntarily came forward and confessed, but was released due to the absence of an arrest warrant. Sara Mariano, Salvador de Bahia, murder, evangelical pastor, femicide, 2023, criminal minds, investigation, homicide, true crime, hitmen, forensics, corruption, true crime in SpanishTo listen ad-free and access premium episodes, start your 14-day free trial at obomedia.comOBOMEDIA presents true crime storiesa true crime podcast built on real cases.Every true crime story in our crime files follows the crime investigation from the missing person report to the trial: investigators and police building a murder case, a police investigation gone cold, justice for the victim and those who survived.We open the unsolved murder, the cold case reopened decades later, the mysterious death, the disappearance, the serial killer, the family murder, the murder mystery; the missing persons  a missing woman, a missing girl, a missing man found dead and the missing and murdered.From the infamous case to the unsolved case, from classic true crime to dark true crime and disturbing true crime: true crime reports, real crime stories, real murder cases, true murder stories and unsolved mysteries one true crime case at a time, from the OBOMEDIA true crime vault.© 2026 Created with OBOMEDIA technology. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text and related materials) are the property of their respective creator and are distributed under the OBOMEDIA name on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing and business inquirie