Authorities Probe Possible Rope Failure After Trapeze Artist’s Fatal Fall in Sergipe

Overview

• Valdemirian “Mirinha” Alves de Carvalho Marques, 28, fell from roughly 10 meters during a Saturday night performance in Cumbe, Sergipe.
• She was rescued and taken to Hospital Regional de Nossa Senhora da Glória, where she died; her body was processed by the IML and released to family on Sunday.
• Circo de Touros São Geraldo issued a statement mourning the artist and suspended performances for an indefinite period.
• Local authorities opened an investigation, and local media report the rope used in the act may have ruptured, a point investigators have not yet confirmed.
• Marques was from Acajutiba, Bahia, and the mother of six; the Cumbe municipal government expressed condolences to her relatives and colleagues.