: Petry went to Kuhn’s home while the younger boy was alone. When Kuhn refused to pay the debt and threatened to tell his parents about Petry's behavior, Petry began a violent assault.
: Petry brutally beat Kuhn and strangled him with a game console power cord until he lost consciousness.
The 2007 murder of 12-year-old Gabriel Kuhn by 16-year-old Daniel Petry remains one of Brazil's most notorious juvenile crimes. The case gained significant internet notoriety due to the shocking disparity between the motive and the violence, as well as the later circulation of graphic crime scene and autopsy-related images on platforms like Reddit. Case Overview
