Brazil's oil and gas giant Petrobras said Friday the body found on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state by its tugboat is likely to be the ballooning priest Adelir de Carli, who went missing over the southern Atlantic in April.
Petrobras's tugboat workers found the body Thursday afternoon about 100 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state and took it to the town of Macae to be identified.
Local police were investigating whether the body belonged to Adelir de Carli and the priest's father would go to Macae Saturday to make a DNA test.
De Carli disappeared on April 20, hours after he took off from Paranagua in the southern state of Parana, strapped to 1,000 helium balloons in an attempt to raise money to build a rest stop and worship center for truckers. The balloons were found along the coast a day later.
Source: Xinhua
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