Ryan Gracie dies on 15/12/2007
News to make the fighting world tremble. According to news carried by
Globo TV, the black belt Ryan Gracie was found dead in the cell where he was
being held at a police station in Sao Paulo after having been accused of car
theft yesterday in the city of Sao Paulo. According to the Sao Paulo State
Secretariat of Public Security, Ryan was alone in the cell. GRACIEMAG.com sympathizes with the Gracie family and should be back shortly
with further information as to Ryan’s death. 10:24 According to the G1 news website: “Ryan was sent to the 91st PD, after having toxicology exams done at the
central IML at around 2:30 am. He arrived at the police station in Vila
Leopoldina at 3 am. According to the officer on call of the 15th Police District
police officer Daniella Ranna, where the athlete’s case was registered for
having tried to steal a motorcycle, he was sent to the 91st DP because it is a
traffic station. From there, he would have been seen to the “most recommendable”
location. According to the Secretariat, at around 7am, when policemen at the station
were checking the cells with their detainees, they found the fighter fallen in a
corner. They entered and confirmed that he was dead. At around 10 am, coroners
were already at the location to do the necessary exams and send the body to the
institute.