An unearthed diary has perchance offered horrific caller details connected the gruesome execution of legendary creation trader Brent Sikkema.
Sikkema, 59, moved to Rio de Janeiro past Christmas after spending 2 years attempting to settee an acrimonious divorcement with his estranged hubby Daniel.
Daniel was seeking an 'unreasonable' $6 cardinal of his reported $20 cardinal fortune.
On January 13 Brent was stabbed to death, wrong his two-story abrogation location sparking a precocious illustration constabulary probe and manhunt for his killer.
On January 18 a 30-year-old transportation driver, Alejandro Triana Prevez, was arrested.
After initially denying immoderate engagement successful the crime the Cuban migrant yet admitted to constabulary that helium had killed Sikkema and alleged that Brent's ex Daniel, 53, had hired him to bash it.
Brent Sikkema (right) moved to Rio de Janeiro past Christmas aft spending 2 years attempting to settee an acrimonious divorcement with his estranged hubby Daniel Sikkema (left)
Murder fishy Alejandro Triana Prevez's diary entrees uncover a shocking communicative of an alleged 'murder-for-hire' crippled by Sikkema's estranged husband
On January 13 Brent was seen entering his flat for the past time
Daniel has denied the allegations, telling the Wall Street Journal successful a statement 'I anticipation that, based connected grounds and not mendacious allegations, what truly happened volition travel to light.'
Now shocking details from Prevez's handwritten situation diary, seen by the Wall Street Journal, uncover the brutal last moments of earlier Brent was stabbed eighteen times, including successful the thorax and face, successful his ain bed.
'He finds [Brent] sleeping with his rima open, his bare assemblage covered by silky sheets, breathing calmly' Prevez wrote astir the infinitesimal helium entered Brent's chamber successful Rio acceptable to instrumentality his life.
'He moves to the broadside of the furniture silently, trying to respire calmly but failing' helium wrote, describing himself successful the 3rd person.
Prevez elaborate however helium utilized a weapon from Brent's room to execution the millionaire creation dealer.
'He closes his eyes and throws himself down connected apical of the victim, letting the weapon spell in.'
'The warring begins, helium removes the weapon with tears successful his eyes and stabs 3 much times trying to marque him halt moving, an representation that volition ne'er beryllium erased' the harrowing diary introduction reads.
Prevez wrote successful the relationship that helium stabbed Brent 4 times, apologized and covered the assemblage with a expanse earlier washing the weapon and leaving the property.
The legenday creation trader had amassed a luck of $20 million
Prevez elaborate however helium utilized a weapon from Brent's room to execution the millionaire creation dealer
However, an autopsy recovered that Brent had been stabbed 18 times, mostly successful the thorax and face.
Prevez, who utilized to thatch astatine a Havana polytechnic school, came to cognize Brent and Daniel, who is besides Cuban, erstwhile helium was hired to beryllium a caretaker for a spot they owned successful Havana.
After immoderate years successful this relation helium moved to Sao Paulo but got backmost successful interaction with Daniel successful 2022, the Journal reported.
The friends decided to drawback up, a gathering astatine which Daniel allegedly offered Prevez $200,000 and a spot to enactment successful Rio successful speech for murdering Brent, according to Prevez's aboriginal constabulary statement.
Prevez's diary reveals that the erstwhile teacher had moved to Brazil successful September 2022 successful the hopes of making a amended living.
However, helium was tempted by Daniel's alleged offer, the diary claims, aft being enraged by Daniel's stories of Brent's mediocre behaviour successful the marriage.
Daniel had accused his spouse of cheating, cause usage that had got retired of manus including leaving 'bowls of cocaine' astir their homes, and of readying to instrumentality a weapon to JFK airdrome to ' termination people,' the Journal reported.
Prevez wrote successful his diary that helium became peculiarly aggravated aft proceeding Daniel callback however their lad Lucas was near successful tears erstwhile helium heard Brent with an escort successful the adjacent edifice country during a travel to Paris.
After initially denying immoderate engagement successful the transgression Prevez yet admitted to constabulary that helium had killed Sikkema and alleged that Brent's ex Daniel, 53, had hired him to bash it
The flat wherever Brent Sikkema was recovered stabbed to death
Daniel's lawyers confirmed to the Journal that their lawsuit shared this communicative with Prevez arsenic helium states.
However, Prevez claims helium archetypal told Daniel that helium would 'think astir the proposal', according to his constabulary statement.
Prevez told constabulary that helium was subsequently sent sums of wealth from an relationship successful New York, successful lumps of $300 to $500 astatine the time.
Brazilian constabulary aboriginal linked the transfers to an relationship registered to Daniel's cellphone, the Journal reported.
Daniel's lawyers assertion the wealth was backpay for Prevez's erstwhile enactment successful Havana.
Prevez claims Daniel past sent him a cardinal to the spot successful Rio and asked him to get a cellphone truthful they could pass via WhatsApp.
Prevez told investigators helium travelled to Rio doubly successful 2023, erstwhile to program the execution and again successful December erstwhile helium planned to perpetrate it.
However, helium got tense and pulled retired of the plan.
The celebrated creation trader had galore notable connections, including pictured present with Michelle Obama
Brent and David had spent 2 years arguing implicit a divorcement settlement
In response, Daniel allegedly told Prevez 'if you don't privation to bash this, don't bash it, but hide that I exist' according to Prevez's constabulary account.
After this speech the wealth allegedly stopped arriving from New York and Prevez took a occupation making deliveries.
However, helium claimed helium was not making capable wealth to enactment his household backmost successful Cuba truthful got backmost successful interaction with Daniel.
Prevez says helium agreed to instrumentality to Rio and termination Brent aft Christmas, erstwhile Daniel has allegedly confirmed that his hubby would beryllium successful town.
Prevez parked his borrowed Fiat Palio connected Brent's artifact astatine 2:30pm connected January 13 with a crossbow connected the backseat, according to police.
'It's similar a rifle, but you conscionable get 1 shot. The astir important thing, though: it's silent,' Prevez wrote of the potenital execution limb successful his diary.
However, helium decided against taking it wrong arsenic helium made his mode into Brent's chamber and brutally knifed him to death.
Moments aft Prevez near Brent's location helium called a Brazilian WhatsApp fig reportedly registered to a pistillate Daniel knew successful Brazil.
Prevez parked his borrowed Fiat Palio connected Brent's artifact astatine 2:30pm connected January 13 with a crossbow connected the backseat, according to police
Brent's execution sparked a precocious illustration constabulary probe and manhunt for his killer
However, constabulary accidental the telephone came done a New York IP address.
The adjacent greeting Prevez claims helium received a telephone backmost from the aforesaid fig and that it was Daniel connected the line.
Prevez claims helium asked him to delete their telephone past but that helium did not bash it.
Lawyers for Daniel contradict that helium spoke to Prevez aft Brent's death.
Prevez said helium returned his hired Fiat car successful Sao Palo and bought different 1 with wealth sent by Daniel.
He planned to flight to Paraguay but lone made it to Minas Gerais wherever helium was arrested astatine a state presumption by police.
Under Brazilian instrumentality Prevez could person a lesser condemnation if helium acted connected the paid instructions of different person.
Daniel claims this whitethorn beryllium the crushed helium is being encouraged to impeach him of paying for the murder.
Brazilian constabulary indicted some Daniel and Prevez connected charges of 'qualified homicide' connected February 7.
They assertion that Daniel stood to payment from Brent's death.
Indeed, nether New York instrumentality Daniel could claim a 3rd of Brent’s nett worthy arsenic the surviving spouse.
This is apt much than helium would person received successful a divorcement colony which would lone person been fractional of immoderate assets accrued during the matrimony and overmuch of Brent's $20 cardinal luck was amassed earlier the mates met.
Daniel’s lawyers person indicated that they mean to assertion his stock arsenic a surviving spouse.
Police issued a preventive apprehension warrant for Daniel pursuing the indictment which has been submitted to Interpol, the Journal reports.
Brazilian authorities are besides successful talks with their U.S. counterparts to find whether the US volition extradite Daniel oregon prosecute its ain investigation.
On March 20, the FBI arrested Daniel for allegedly committing passport fraud aft helium tried to record a caller US passport petition for his lad Lucas erstwhile the executor of Brent's volition blocked him from accessing it.
Daniel indispensable present deterioration an physics ankle bracelet and await the authorities decision.
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