To his shock, he discovered that Gonçalves was a bigamist and fraudster whose ex-husbands and boyfriends had either been murdered, died in suspicious circumstances or were almost killed by persons unknown – allowing her to inherit their possessions and properties. On October 11, 1993 Murad and police officer Luiz Marques de Motta, who was helping him with his private investigation, were driving to a local police station in the Barra neighborhood when they were ambushed by two unidentified men driving in another car. The gunmen opened fire on both, hitting De Motta at least three times and killing him on the spot, while Murad was hit in the head, but managed to survive after spending two weeks in an intensive care unit. Prosecution, escape, and manhunt After spending some time to recover from the attempt on his life, Murad continued his investigation into Gonçalves, which eventually culminated into an aggravated murder charge being filed against her in August 2005 for the murder of Jorge Ribeiro. However, she appealed the decision and the trial date was postponed for several years. Sometime circa 2010 Gonçalves went into hiding and has been on the run ever since. As a result, prosecutor Patrícia Glioche issued two arrest warrants on the aggravated murder and bigamy charges, as well as announcing a R$2,000 prize for any information that could led to Gonçalves' arrest. It was eventually decided that she should be tried in absentia, as a result of which she was swiftly convicted and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. Current status As of February 2023 Gonçalves remains one of the country's most dangerous and most wanted fugitives, ranking among drug lords and gang members. A warrant has been issued for her arrest by Interpol, and she is currently sought in a total of 188 countries. Prosecutors following her case have indicated that she may be hiding somewhere within Brazil, with possible locations being her home state of Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, the Barra da Tijuca and Jardim Botânico neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói. Information posted from Interpol indicates that she likely fled to the United States in 1994, gaining dual citizenship and continuing to marry and divorce husbands. Her last reported sighting was in May 2010 in Boca Raton, Florida, with her then-husband, Peruvian national Vicente Lopez Huaman, and it is said that Gonçalves has family members living in the states of California,