Overview

• Gabriele Cristine Barreto de Freitas, a 24-year-old mother, hit her head and lost consciousness in a scalding hot tub at a Curitiba hotel.
• She was hospitalized with third-degree burns covering her body and initially appeared to be recovering.
• On June 5, six days after the accident, Gabriele died of cardiac arrest.
• The Curitiba Homicide Division has launched an inquiry but has yet to interview the companion who accompanied her to the hotel.
• Her family’s lawyer, Valter Ribeiro Junior, says they will push for thermostat testing to determine if the equipment malfunctioned, while her five-year-old son is now cared for by his grandmother.