Three Brazilian cannibals cooked their
victims and turned them into pastries in a real-life version of the Sweeney
Todd, police revealed today.Karate expert Jorge Beltrao Negromonte, his
wife Isabel Pires, 51, and his mistress Bruna da Silva, 25, lured the women to
their house with the promise of work as a nanny.The sick trio then killed their victims and
used the flesh to make stuffed pastries known as empanadas that they sold to neighbors
in Pernambuco in the north eastern part of the country, police said.Cannibals': Jorge da Silveira (left) and
Isabel Pires are pictured after being arrested by Brazilian police.Da Silveira, 51, was said by police to have
had a 50-page book with details and drawings of cannibalism.Details of the horrific crimes emerged last
week after officers came across a 50-page book belonging to da Silveira, which
included drawings, and details of cannibalism.Police have found two bodies in the garden of
a house belonging to the group.They believe the bodies found could be those
of Alexandra Falcao, 20 (the middle picture) , and Gisele da Silva, 30, who
were reported missing in the area recently.The two women were reportedly seen near the
house of the suspects shortly before they disappeared.The killings mirror those of the fictional
barber Sweeney Todd who slit the throats of his victims in his shop in Fleet
Street.Todd's partner in crime Mrs Lovett helps him
to dispose the bodies by baking their flesh into meat pies, and selling them to
the unsuspecting customers of her shop.The Brazillian cannibals belonged to a sect
that preached 'the purification of the world and the reduction of its
population', Insp Wesley Fernandes in the city of Garanhuns said. Fernandes said the three were arrested last
Wednesday and had confessed to the crimes. He added that they planned ot kill
three women each year. They allegedly already had plans for
murdering a woman living in the nearby city of Lagoa do Ouro.The three are said to have lured women to
their house by promising them a job as a nanny.They were tracked down after one of the
arrested women used a credit card belonging to a victim who disappeared last
month.Neighbours of the trio set fire to the house
where the bodies were found on Thursday, according to Brazilian media.Police Commissioner Wesley Fernandes said the
trio were planning to kill another woman in a nearby town, and feel there could
be more victims.