Evany Jose Metzker

Evany José Metzker (1948 – May 13 or 14, 2015) was a Brazilian journalist who in 2015 was found decapitated in Minas Gerais, Brazil. His blog, Coruja do Vale ("The Owl of the Valley") often reported on corrupt Brazilian officials and politicians. At the time of his death, Metzker was investigating a child trafficking ring. Other journalists were killed around the same time as Metzker, including Gerardo Servian Coronel, a Paraguayan journalist who was shot and killed in Ponta Porã on March 4, 2015, and Gleydson Carvalho, a Brazilian radio host and journalist who was shot at point-blank range in his studio in Camocim on August 7, 2015.

Reactions UNESCO and Reporters Without Borders, an international NGO, released official statements in response to the murder, as did the Minas Gerais Journalists Union, a regional organization.