Overview
- Maria Katiane Gomes da Silva, 25, died on Nov. 29 after falling from the 10th floor of her São Paulo building.
- Neighbors reported screams and a loud noise, and officers found her husband holding her body as he told police she had taken her own life after an argument.
- Security footage reported by g1 and O Globo appears to show Alex Leandro Bispo dos Santos assaulting her in the parking garage and reaching toward her neck during an elevator dispute before returning alone.
- Santos was arrested on Dec. 9 under a temporary detention order as police pursue a femicide investigation led by the 89th Police District, which has ordered forensic exams and is collecting witness statements.
- Before his arrest, he attended her Dec. 1 funeral in Ceará; Gomes da Silva had a modest social media following and was the mother of a young daughter.