Posted on May 8, 2025

Child-Rapist Migrant Who Fled Brazil Found Living at Massachusetts Daycare Center

Jennie Taer, New York Post, May 6, 2025

A migrant convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in Brazil fled to the US and was found living in a home with a licensed daycare center in Massachusetts, a report said.

Child rapist Andre Tiago Lucas, who is reportedly the father of the home daycare owner’s two kids, escaped Brazil for the States after he was sentenced in 2016 to nine years and four months in prison, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The fugitive was arrested by federal immigration agents in Cape Cod in October.

“[It’s] terrifying … that someone has been documented, that a Brazilian national fled the country because they were convicted for rape of a 13-year-old and could come to Massachusetts and not only disappear into the fabric of Massachusetts, but actually be living in a home that was a daycare center for young people,” Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis told Boston 25 News.

The daycare has since been shut down, and its owner, Franciele Nunes, allowed her license to expire, according to the outlet.

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