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The suspect wanted in connection with the discovery of the remains of 18-year old Hannah Mathura in the backyard of her home was captured late last evening. He and another relative remain in police custody. One close relative speaks exclusively with TV6, giving us a glimpse into Hannah's years on earth.
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00:00 As much as the male relative wanted in connection with 18-year-old Hannah Matura's disappearance and death,
00:07 tried evading authorities, he was captured and taken into police custody on Wednesday night.
00:13 ASP Richard Smith of the Central Division confirmed at half past nine on Wednesday
00:18 that the man was found seeking asylum at an apartment in El Dorado.
00:23 Hunter's search and rescue team members say they were instrumental in pinning down the man's location.
00:29 Police had been searching for the man since exhuming the 18-year-old's skeletal remains on Tuesday.
00:35 Preliminary forensic investigations suggest her death was unnatural and that she died in 2017.
00:43 The 65-year-old man reportedly fled the Butu Road Val Sain home in a red Ford vehicle
00:50 when police were called to the scene on Tuesday.
00:53 The vehicle was found abandoned and was returned to the home reportedly by a close female relative of the man,
01:00 causing police to make another sweep of the site on Wednesday.
01:04 We spoke with a close relative of Hannah who said that all eight siblings in the house on Butu Road lived a life of abuse.
01:13 There are few, if any, photos of Hannah, who the relative described as a beautiful, beautiful girl.
01:19 He said the father would do something called the "clearing" of the house when he was enraged.
01:25 The relatives also said Hannah would throw away photos.
01:29 "Maybe," he explained, "she was trying to communicate something or some type of message.
01:34 She would just throw them away."
01:37 Hannah was the fourth of Alana Giroux's and Andrew Matura's eight children.
01:42 She was not disabled, the relative explains, but she was definitely slow.
01:48 He said he believed she had a form of autism, learning to walk at the age of three.
01:55 Most of the Matura children were homeschooled until a certain point.
02:00 Hannah, however, was never allowed to attend physical school.
02:04 But because she was very creative, she learned to play the piano without being taught.
02:10 She also loved solving puzzles and would pull out the mazes and crosswords from newspapers
02:16 and solve them without having any formal form of education.
02:21 The relative says, "Keeping the children home was always an option at the back of the parents' head."
02:27 Hannah's closest sibling passed for St. Mary's College.
02:31 He attended classes sporadically before the head of the household had him transferred to Hillview College.
02:38 The relative tells us, "He would beat that boy when he passed for St. Mary's.
02:43 He did not let him go to school. He would lock him up.
02:46 He beat him with a cable for taking $5 to buy a doubles."
02:51 Hannah, we were told, could speak and she was literate.
02:55 Her experiences matched those of his seven siblings, we learned,
03:00 leaving them to question why it wasn't any of them in the shallow grave instead.
03:06 They are all victims, but there were some who were subject to more abuse than others, the relative says.
03:13 Hannah's death, we learn, happened in July of 2017 during the vacation period.
03:20 When the other siblings were not in school, they were all confined to their separate rooms,
03:25 away from the sporadic rage of the abuser.
03:28 But the abuse was so regular, we learn, hearing a sibling bawl out in pain was not unusual.
03:34 It was Hannah, it was her brother or any of the girls, the relative said, adding,
03:40 they would try to talk to him but he would turn his anger on them, shout and use horrific language.
03:47 One son, we learn, were blamed for the incident, with a suspect saying,
03:52 "If you were not born, Hannah would not be dead.
03:55 The man is good at brainwashing. He gaslighted them so much, especially the mother," the relative said.
04:03 Why did the family never report the incident?
04:06 Well, the relative explains, there were threats, there were attempts, cries for help.
04:12 One police officer who was approached said they needed facts before being able to execute a search warrant
04:18 to have the property dug up.
04:20 But there were no photos of Hannah, and all their birth certificates were locked up by the abuser.
04:26 The pained relative says on social media, persons are suggesting the entire family be charged.
04:32 He calls it distasteful because he explains the whole family lived in captivity.
04:38 He says, "They were experiencing their own trauma, many saying they wish they were dead too.
04:44 They feel that level of injustice. Nobody wanted this to happen to Hannah."
04:51 He says the children's authority was at the household many times, before Hannah died, after Hannah died.
04:59 They said they were fed up of authorities coming to the house and finding nothing.
05:04 But despite the circumstances of the mature children, four of the seven surviving siblings attained scholarships.
05:12 On Sunday, after a heated argument, one relative told police all he knew and witnessed
05:18 as the final straw to remove the abuser from the home once and for all.
05:23 The relative commended the TTPS for its professionalism and diligence,
05:29 for not only ensuring the family received counselling, but ensuring justice.
05:34 The relative says, "The family is grieving. Her closest brother is grieving beyond measure.
05:40 They are all victims. We just want the public to respect us."
05:46 The property where the Maturas are housed is reportedly subject of discord between the four Jiro siblings occupying different portions.
05:55 The patriarch, Aldwyn Jiro, nearing 100 years old, still lives at the Butu Road house.
06:02 For Hannah Matura, she never had a fair life, unable to tell her own story.
06:09 Seven years after she was killed and buried, her name has become a household one.
06:15 Synonymous with everything that should not happen to a child.
06:20 Hers will be called along with Akhil Chambers, Amy Anna Matudo, Hope Arizmandez and Sean Luke.
06:28 The very least relatives wish for is to give her a proper send-off.
06:33 Urvashi Timwari, Rupner Rain, TV6 News.
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