Paulo Jorge MIRANDA

The body of Paulo Miranda, 23, has never been found. He was last seen on the morning of May 3, 2008. Several people were convicted over Paolo's death and it is believed he was killed in a house in Pooraka, Adelaide, South Australia.

 

 

POLICE CONCERNED FOR MISSING MAN

ROB MALINAUSKAS - Adelaide Now

May 07, 2008 09:40pm

 

SA POLICE hold concerns for the welfare of missing Mansfield Park man Paulo Jorge Miranda.

Mr Miranda, 23, was last seen driving his silver Toyota Corolla sedan about 8.30pm on Friday.

Police last night released a statement calling for public assistance in finding Mr Miranda.

"There are concerns for his welfare as he has broken contact with family and friends with whom he usually keeps regular contact," a police spokesman said.

Mr Miranda is is described as Caucasian, about 165cm tall, 68 kgs, with a slim build, hazel eyes, straight light brown collar length hair, a fair complexion and is usually clean-shaven.

When he was last seen Mr Miranada was wearing light-blue, acid-wash jeans, a long-sleeved white t-shirt, with a red, short-sleeve, YD brand shirt over the top.

He was also wearing white and grey Nike sports shoes with a silver tick.

His silver Toyota Corolla is a 2003 model with South Australian registration number XNR-357. It has also not been seen since May 2.

Police ask anyone who has any information about his location or the location of his vehicle to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

 

Police declare SA man's disappearance a major crime

Posted Sat May 10, 2008 5:21pm AEST  - ABC

Police have declared the disappearance of 23-year-old South Australian man Paulo Gorge Miranda a major crime.

Mr Miranda was last seen by a friend in Adelaide a week ago.

Police say his mobile phone is off and his car has been found burnt-out north of Adelaide at Port Prime.

Detective Inspector Doug Barr says another cause for concern is that some of Mr Miranda's associates are involved in the illicit drug trade.

"He's usually in regular contact with his family and friends and no contact has been made since that time," he said.

"We've had mounting fears over the course of the last week and it's come to the point now where we are concerned for his safety and welfare."

 

Man's disappearance could be drug related: SA police

Posted Sun May 11, 2008 8:10am AEST - ABC

Police in South Australia say the disappearance of a young western suburbs man could be linked to the illicit drug trade in Adelaide.

Twenty-three-year-old Paulo Jorge Miranda was last seen on the morning of May 3.

His disappearance has been declared a major crime.

Detective Inspector Doug Barr says his family and friends have not heard from Mr Miranda in more than a week.

"Paulo's mobile phone's turned off and his car that he was driving was a silver Corolla, which was his brother's vehicle," he said.

"We located that on Thursday evening out at Port Prime north of Adelaide."

Detective Inspector Barr says there is cause for concern as some of Mr Miranda's associates are involved in the illicit drug trade.

"These factors and a number of others have given us serious concerns for his welfare," he said.

Police search for suspected murder victim

Posted Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:01am AEST

South Australian police have confirmed that blood found in a house at Pooraka in Adelaide's northern suburbs belonged to Paulo Jorge Miranda, who disappeared more than a month ago.

A park opposite the house was searched today for evidence, as was an area at Port Prime, near where Mr Miranda's burnt out car was found.

Mr Miranda was last seen on May 3 when he left a friend's house at Woodville and was reported to have been at a fast food restaurant at Croydon days later.

Detective Inspector Doug Barr says the disappearance of the 23-year-old from Mansfield Park is now being treated as a homicide investigation.

"A number of other factors, other evidence which we have gathered, leads us to the inevitable conclusion that he has met with foul play," he said.

"The disappearance of Mr Miranda is, there's no doubt about it, related to the drug scene.

"This is not a random incident, there are motives, there's a lot of people out there who knew what happened and we would appeal for those people to come forward and tell the police precisely what they know."

Inmate to face murder charge

Posted Thu Oct 9, 2008 6:23pm AEDT  - ABC
 

 

A prisoner at Yatala jail in Adelaide has been charged with murder.

The victim in the case is Paulo Miranda, 23, whose disappearance was declared a major crime back in May, five days after his last known sighting at suburban Croydon.

Police have charged a man ,24, who is formerly from Ridleyton.

He is being held at Yatala prison on other charges.

Mr Miranda's body has not been found.

Police have previously alleged that Mr Miranda's blood was found at a house at Pooraka.

His burnt-out car was found at Point Prime, near Dublin.

They suggested that the disappearance may have been drug-related

Third arrest in Miranda case

Posted Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:32pm AEDT - ABC

Police have arrested a third person over the presumed killing of Adelaide man Paulo Miranda.

Mr Miranda, 23, was last seen in early May, at suburban Croydon.

Police have arrested and charged a 19-year-old man from Parafield Gardens.

He is to face Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday.

Two other people have been charged with murder - a 24-year-old man, formely of Ridleyton, and a 18-year-old from Kilkenny

Missing man Paulo Miranda 'captured by bounty hunters'

By Sean Fewster | November 17, 2008
Article from:  The Advertiser

A MISSING man was captured by bounty hunters after a $5000 price put on his head by a Vietnamese drug lord, a court has heard.

Lawyers for alleged bounty hunter Huan Hoang Lam Nguyen today claimed Paulo Miranda may not be dead but simply "did not want to be found".

Prosecutor Lucy Boord told the Adelaide Magistrates Court that if Mr Miranda was still among the living he had managed to survive without much of his blood, AdelaideNow reports.

"It's indeed possible Mr Miranda went off on his own, not wanting to be found," she said.

"But if that is the case, he has left a large amount of his blood all around a garage at Parafield Gardens, where we say he was murdered."

Mr Nguyen, 18, is one of five men charged with killing Mr Miranda, whose body has not been recovered.

Prosecutors allege that he – along with others including alleged methamphetamine dealer Ngoc Thai Tran – murdered Mr Miranda over an unpaid drug debt.

Previously, the court has heard  Mr Nguyen's DNA was found inside a pair of gloves, the outer surface of which was soaked with Mr Miranda's blood.

Today, Mr Nguyen's lawyer asked his client be released on home detention bail, saying prosecutors could not prove Mr Miranda – a drug dealer himself – had not chosen to disappear.

Ms Boord said that was incorrect.

"Paulo Miranda was heavily involved in the drug scene... in the months leading up to his murder he was working for Ngoc Tran," she said.

"Mr Miranda then went out on his own... Tran then said he was owed a debt of $40,000.

"He put a $5000 contract out for Paulo Miranda to be brought to him so he could reclaim the debt."
 

Five on trial over torture death

15:01 AEST Mon Feb 21 2011 - Nine MSN
 

Five men have gone on trial accused of blindfolding an associate and torturing him to death over a drug debt.

The body of Paulo Miranda, 23, has never been found but pools of his blood and DNA were found at a gruesome crime scene in Adelaide that police say is where he died, the South Australian Supreme Court was told on Monday.

Ngoc Thai Tran, 26, Chhay Ly, 27, Jean "Frenchie" Ngo, 22, Huan Hoang Lam "Jimmy" Nguyen, 21, and another man, 19, who was a youth at the time, have pleaded not guilty to the murder in May 2008.

But prosecutor Tim Preston says they lured Mr Miranda to a house in Pooraka and tortured him to death over money and also because they suspected him of setting Tran up for arrest.

Mr Preston said Mr Miranda bought methylamphetamine or "ice" from some of the men but bad blood had developed with Tran believing he was owed a significant amount of money.

So the five conspired to lure Mr Miranda to Pooraka where they extracted his bank details by torturing him, during which they took a picture of him blindfolded and bleeding from the head.

Police investigating the missing man were led to the Pooraka house, Mr Preston said.

"What they discovered there was a gruesome crime scene," he said.

There was a pool of blood about 300mm by 400mm, bloodstained clothing and gloves, and beanbags, disinfected bedsheets and other items, he said.

"The accused inflicted really serious bodily harm on him to extract his pin number."

On Ngo's phone police found a picture of Mr Miranda in the bedroom of the Pooraka house, Mr Preston said.

"In that picture the deceased is blindfolded and bleeding from the head."

Mr Preston said a text message was sent to Mr Miranda's brother saying he was in trouble with bikies and had to go on the run.

The trial continues.