Cops in Rio, Brazil arrest prime suspect over alleged ‘date-rape’ drug murder of US millionaire businessman, D’wayne Antonio Morris

Morris, 43, was found dead in a rented room in the Copacabana neighborhood on Aug 8 – a day after landing in Brazil

Morris and a friend had been lured from a local bar by two women who then drugged them with GHB, a known date-rape drug with the intention of robbing the two men

The prime suspect Leticia Clara Bento da Silva, 23, has now been arrested over his murder, while cops hunt for her female accomplice

da Silva police said, has a criminal record for similar offenses and was a suspect in several cases involving drug-induced thefts

Morris was the founder of Minneapolis based Blue Waters Consulting and Soul Community Development Corporation, which manages a $14million portfolio of businesses

D’wayne Antonio Morris, [photo] was found dead in his rented apartment in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 8.  The founder of Blue Waters Consulting and Soul Community Development Corporation which manages a $14million portfolio, was in Brazil on business

A woman has been arrested over the alleged murder of an American millionaire believed to have died after being fatally drugged in a ‘Goodnight Cinderella’ scam in the Copacabana neighborhood, located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
D’Wayne Antonio Morris, 43, was found dead in his rented apartment in Copacabana, on August 8 this year.
He was drugged before reportedly convulsing and foaming at the mouth.
Police say Morris and a friend had been lured by two women who then ruffied them with a powerful nervous system depressant, in an attempt to rob them.
Morris died in the aftermath but his companion survived the attack.

Leticia Clara Bento da Silva, [photo], has now been arrested over the murder of D’Wayne Morris. It is understood that she met Morris and his friend at a local bar. Silva and a female lured the men to an apt where they were roofied with the date date-rape drug GHB with the intent to rob. It proved fatal for Morris. His pal survived 

Leticia Clara Bento da Silva, 23, whom is understood to have met the pair at a local bar has now been arrested over Morris’ murder. Leticia Clara Bento da Silva, 33, who police said has a criminal record for similar offenses and was a suspect in several cases involving drug-induced thefts.
A second female suspect, whom was caught on surveillance camera leaving the apartment with a woman believed to be da Silva, has not been identified and remains at large.
Morris, from Minneapolis, was the founder of Blue Waters Consulting and Soul Community Development Corporation and managed a $14million portfolio of businesses.
He had traveled to Brazil on business when he fell victim to a tourist drugging scheme allegedly carried out by da Silva and an unidentified accomplice.

Morris and his friend are seen with two women on CCTV footage, entering the rented apt where he was found dead on Aug 8. The women cops believe, drugged their marks with the powerful nervous system depressant, GHB, robbed them, and fled the scene

In Brazil, ‘Good night, Cinderella’ is a contemporary slang for Rohypnol, GHB, or any drug that incapacitates another person, rendering them vulnerable to assault or robbery.
The two women are believed to have drugged Morris with GHB, a powerful nervous system depressant, and fled the scene. 
Morris was with a friend in the Lapa neighborhood when he encountered da Silva and her friend in the early hours of the day of the incident.
Reports suggest the group had drinks at a bar before heading to the rented apartment where Morris was later found dead. 

Surveillance camera footage shows the two female suspects exiting the building alone, just two hours later. They got into a black vehicle which had been waiting for them and left

The entrepreneur’s friend, feeling unwell, left for another location. He later told cops he felt dizzy and disoriented. 
Morris and the two women arrived at the apartment around 20 minutes past midnight on August 8. 
Surveillance camera footage showed the two women exiting the building alone just two hours later.
A doorman can be seen letting them out. A black getaway vehicle appeared to have been waiting for them on the curbside.
Morris, a father-of-one, was found unconscious in the apartment later that morning. He was dead by the time emergency services made it to the scene.
Police say that after being drugged, Morris convulsed and foamed at the mouth, The Atlanta Black Star reported.

Authorities released a series of photos of the prime suspect, Leticia Clara Bento da Silva who police say she has a criminal record for similar offenses and was a suspect in several cases involving drug-induced thefts

A second suspect, [images], whom was caught on surveillance camera was part of the quartet seen entering the building. She was later seen exiting with a woman believed to be da Silva. She has not been identified and remains at large

Witness accounts and investigations pointed to da Silva, who police report has a criminal record for similar offenses and was a suspect in several cases involving drug-induced thefts.
The US Consulate in Rio de Janeiro has confirmed Morris’ death and offered, in a statement, their ‘sincerest condolences’ to his family.
‘Morris’ life partner Tamatha Richman paid tribute to the businessman, telling CBS News last week that ‘to be a partner with D’Wayne is really to share him with the world’.
She shared how their family had ‘traveled to a variety of countries’ and were often very safe, keeping ‘well aware of the things that are necessary as you become an international traveler’.

Morris, [left], arrived in the country just one day before he died, police said. ‘To be a partner with D’Wayne is really to share him with the world,’ Morris’ life partner Tamatha Richman, [right] wrote in a tribute

‘It doesn’t make sense. D’Wayne was in the country less than 24 hours. D’Wayne had not even spent the night in Brazil,’ she said of his murder.
‘This is a definitely situation where D’Wayne was targeted.’
Richman, who is organizing a celebration of life for Morris in Minnesota, said the family has faced several challenges bringing his body home. He will later be buried in Jamaica, where has was born, on his family’s land.
‘The Embassy and local authorities have informed us that this process may take some time,’ she wrote on a GoFundMe page created in his honor, has raised $30,000 of the $50,000 target.

Police say that after being drugged, D’wayne Morris convulsed and foamed at the mouth, inside his rented apt in Rio, Brazil. A GoFundMe account aiming to help the family bring home the body of D’Wayne Morris [photo] has already raised more than $30,000.

GHB, aka the ‘Good night, Cinderella’ drug, not only incapacitates another person, rendering them vulnerable to assault or robbery, it can also cause amnesia, meaning that when people recover from the drug’s effects, they may not remember what happened.
It further slows the transmission of messages between the brain and body, and at higher doses, it can cause sedation, confusion, loss of consciousness, and respiratory depression, resulting in death.