Rope Jump Instructors Don’t Remember Who Was...

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The instructors charged after a 21-year-old woman died in a fatal rope jump say they don’t remember who was supposed to attach the safety cord.

According to the Associated Press, police investigator Andrea Dantas Levy said the three instructors told authorities they do not remember whether they forgot to attach the ropes, who was supposed to do it or who failed to check them before the jump.

“They do not remember whether they forgot to attach (the ropes), or who was supposed to do it, or who failed to check. But the fact is the ropes were not attached to her,” Levy said, according to the AP.

Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas died on June 13 while participating in a rope jump from the Ponte do Esqueleto, or Skeleton Bridge, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, the AP reported.

The São Paulo Secretariat of Public Security said three instructors — ages 27, 32 and 42 — were arrested and charged with homicide with dolus eventualis, meaning authorities believe they were aware of the risk of death but proceeded anyway, per the AP.

PEOPLE previously reported that Rodrigues de Freitas fell about 131 feet after she was allegedly launched from the bridge without a safety cord attached.

Video of the incident shared online appeared to show two men lifting Rodrigues de Freitas and tossing her from the bridge as onlookers realized she was not attached to a safety rope and shouted, “Guys, the rope!”

The AP reported that Rodrigues de Freitas had hoped to become a physical education teacher and had asked to be launched “airplane style,” with instructors lifting her above their shoulders as she spread her arms.

Six people were questioned in connection with the incident, though only the three instructors remained in custody, according to the AP.

Levy also said the group operating the jump was not authorized to be there.