Minneapolis Man Dies Less Than 24 Hours After Landing In Brazil After Two Female Suspects Use Common Scheme to Lure the Entrepreneur to Be Drugged, Robbed

Authorities in Brazil have identified a female suspect in connection with the death of a Black entrepreneur from Minneapolis, who became the unwitting victim of a tourist scam during a business and vacation trip to South America earlier this month. Letícia Clara Bento da Silva, 23, was identified by Brazil’s Civil Police as one of the suspects in the so-called “Good Night, Cinderella” scheme that targeted the 43-year-old American tourist in Copacabana on Aug. 8. The scheme involved drugging the unsuspected man and taking his money and belongings. The second suspect has not been identified, but police have obtained photographs of her from surveillance footage, according to local news reports. D’Wayne Morris (Photo: Facebook/Tamatha Richman) The victim, D’Wayne Morris, was the president and founder of Blue Waters Consulting and the Soul Community Development Corporation.& Police said the American citizen met with foul play inside a rented apartment on Rua Bulhões de Carvalho just one day after he arrived.& Police said he was lured by two attractive young women, who then drugged Morris and his companion in an attempt to rob them. After being drugged, Morris reportedly convulsed and foamed at the mouth.& He was dead by the time the police...