Jaime Saade was convicted in 1996 of the murder and rape of Nancy Mariana Mestre. The sentence was 27 years in prison, but, with the person responsible on the run, the sentence never became effective.

The case escalated to the Supreme Court of Justice of Brazil, where it was discussed whether or not to extradite him. In March 2023, shortly before he went unpunished as the case expired in Colombia, the court gave the green light to his arrest. He was captured two weeks later, while fleeing through Brazil, and his fate seemed cast. The search, which seemed endless, began to show signs of change at the end of 2019, when he found words like “Samaria” in the chats of people close to the Saades, which gave him a clue about his possible whereabouts. A glass that he drank from in some bar was used to compare fingerprints and confirm his identity in Belo Horizonte, the Brazilian police tracked him down.