It was 14 years ago. The professor was 42 years old and had been missing for several days. His name was João Carlos Dias Alves and he taught Biology for ten years at Escola Secundária de Amarante. He had a boyfriend – which at the time was almost taboo, as it was a homosexual relationship – and on the last day he taught, he went to the school’s psychological support office, where he vented about the instability of the relationship he had …
