Killer who brutally murdered Brit headmistress on solo tour of the Amazon arrested while taking daughter to hospital

A KILLER who brutally murdered a Brit headmistress on a solo tour of the Amazon has been arrested after almost six years on the run. Emma Kelty, 43, was killed by ruthless river pirates who shot her and slit her throat before throwing her body into a river in Brazil to be eaten by piranhas in 2017. @Emt101s/CENEmma Kelty, 43, was brutally killed on a solo trip of the Amazon[/caption] Arthur Gomes da Silva went on the run after being convicted of her murder Her body has never been found. Arthur Gomes da Silva was sentenced to almost 30 years in prison but escaped authorities soon after. Five and a half years later, the evil killer has been snared by cops after taking his daughter to hospital in Manaus. Police said hospital workers noticed his “suspicious movement” and called the cops, reports Amazonas Atual. Vile da Silva was convicted of corruption of minors, robbery-homicide, rape, and concealment of a corpse in 2017. He confessed to slitting her throat and throwing her bullet-riddled body into the Solimoes River. Da Silva was one of six pirates who ambushed Emma in her tent as she camped on a beach in a remote area of Coari. She was blasted twice with a sawn-off shotgun by a violent gang who took her camera, a drone, computer and two phones. Police said da Silva was the one who raped and killed her. Former headteacher Emma, from Finchley, North West London, was attempting a 4,000-mile solo kayak journey from the source of the Amazon in Peru to its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean when she was attacked. Police said the gang operated like pirates who went out in a canoe looking to steal. They targeted Emma at random 42 days into her trip when they saw her tent on the beach in an area known as the Solimoes River, between the cities of Coari and Codajas. According to cops, she was cut near her neck and shoulder to attract piranha fish after she was murdered. Emma had quit as head of Knollmead Primary in Surbiton, Surrey to travel. Two weeks before she was murdered, her family was told she had been killed in a harrowing false alarm. When tragic canoeist Emma found out about the scare, while she was in Peru, she joked: “Let’s hope it’s not a premonition.” After she was killed, her brothers Piers and Giles and sister Natasha paid tribute, saying: “Emma was an active and determined sister who challenged herself, latterly through her adventures on the Pacific Coast Trail, as well as in the South Pole and Amazon. “In a world that is today a much smaller place, the explorer in our sister found herself seeking ways to prove that challenges were achievable. “We are extremely proud of our sister who was dearly loved by us all and her strength will be sorely missed.” @emmatamsinkelty1/CENThe former headmistress’ body has never been found[/caption] @emmatamsinkelty/CENEmma was ambushed when in her tent 42 days into her trip[/caption]