Andre Zachary Rebelo, a cryptocurrency trader and partner of Instagram influencer Grace Piscopo, has been found guilty of murdering his mother in a calculated plot to claim life insurance payouts worth over £940,000 ($1.2 million). The court heard how Rebelo's financial desperation to sustain his extravagant lifestyle led him to suffocate his 58-year-old mother, Colleen Rebelo, at her Perth home in May 2020.
Colleen Rebelo was found dead in the shower by her youngest son on 25 May 2020. Initially, her death was deemed non-suspicious, and an autopsy failed to determine the cause. However, prosecutors later revealed that Andre Rebelo had visited his mother that morning, sharing a cup of coffee before allegedly suffocating her with a pillow. He then placed her body in the shower, attempting to make her death appear accidental or natural, according to Metro.
