Women's Defense Police Station in São José do Rio Preto (SP) Reproduction / TV TEM A man was arrested this Monday (15) suspected of running away with his children, aged 2 and 3, and making threats to attack his ex-wife. According to TV TEM production, the father picked up the children in São José do Rio Preto (SP) and went to Fronteira, in Minas Gerais, with the victims. 📲 Join the g1 Rio Preto and Araçatuba channel on WhatsApp Then, the investigated man started sending messages to his ex-wife, mentioning that he would kill the couple's children. The mother called the Military Police reporting the situation. A friend of the woman contacted the Public Ministry (MP) in São José do Rio Preto and asked for help, and forwarded the threatening messages. The MP requested the man's temporary arrest, which was granted by the courts. The Women's Defense Police Station of the State of São Paulo (DDM). During the investigation, civil police officers spoke to the suspect's mother. He called his son and asked him not to do anything to the children. During the call, he commented that he was close to Rio Grande, on the border between São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Subsequently, the police managed to locate and arrest the person being investigated in Fronteira. The children were rescued and returned to their mother unharmed. According to the police, the case could be classified as a crime of vicaricide, when the suspect kills a child, stepson, ascendant or dependent of a woman with the intention of causing her psychological suffering, punishment or control. Now on g1 Initial plugin text