TL;DR: in the morning on 18th of April 2018, the villagers of a jungle hamlet Victoria Gracia (eastern Peru) heard shots. 81 yo Olivia Arevalo Lomas, a local shaman - one of the most respected ones in Peruvian Amazon - was laying dead outside her house. Even though people there didn't trust the authorities, someone called them. Before cops even started to do their job, the local chose their suspect - 41 yo Sebastian Paul Woodroffe, a man from Canada, having trips to this area on regular. Local men strangled him to death. He was later pointed out as a main suspect by the police, but as the lynching was against the law, police searched for a four suspects. At least half a year later, they haven't been found. Why he did it - if the police and locals were right, of course - is partially unknown. However, he was really interested in spirituality and unconventional methods of healing. Over the past few weeks, his mental state went on downward spiral - ending up in both his and his healer's death.

The body and funeral:

Taurus 9 mm pistol, recovered by the investigators, and later confirmed to be the one used to kill Olivia:

It was posted on Twitter with the following comment:

The 2nd Provincial Corporate Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Yarinacocha reported that the weapon used to murder Olivia Arévalo was found this morning and would correspond to the same weapon purchased by Canadian citizen Sebastian Paul Wooldrooffe on April 3.

Other photos:

Sebastian's ID and photos:

In the beginning of this video, you can see a recovery of Sebastian's body. Then, scenes from Olivia's funeral are shown.

1. https://pomf2.lain.la/f/1rt9t9lz.mp4

The body when found and when carried away:

After viewing the clip, officers returned to Victoria Gracia, where they discovered Woodroffe's body about 700 yards from the village. Wrapped in a blue sheet, he had been buried hastily in a two-foot grave. His face was swollen. His body was purple with bruises. His clothes were coated in dirt and dried blood.

On 23rd of April 2018 (Monday), the judge ordered the arrests of two men involved in the lynching. Their identities were known, but not publicly mentioned. In the meanwhile, the investigators were figuring out who else took part in the mob killing. The news are vague when it comes to the arrest. There are news from both late April and early May 2018 stating that the suspects were arrested, but also that they're still on the run.

In the first days of May 2018, the investigators officially identified Sebastian as a main suspect.

Authorities say they found a document showing that Woodroffe bought a gun on April 3 from a police officer, according to Ricardo Jimenez, head of public prosecutors in Ucayali.

Jiminez also said a witness testified that a silver-coloured pistol fell from a backpack Woodroffe was carrying as locals of the remote Amazonian village grabbed him before the lynching.

more infos

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/24/peru-judge-orders-arrest-lynching-canadian-sebastian-woodroffe

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/sebastian-woodroffe-death-ayahuasca-peru

https://templeofthewayoflight.org/tragedy-in-pucallpa-the-death-of-maestra-olivia-arevalo

https://matthewembremner.com/2019/03/24/blurred-vision-mens-journal

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canadian-lynched-in-peru-owned-gun-that-killed-indigenous-healer-authorities-say-1.4638377

https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/woodroffe-named-as-main-suspect-in-peruvian-shooting-1581598

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