Ceará to Fund Repatriation of Brazilian Nanny Killed in Portugal

Overview

• The state’s chief of staff, Chagas Vieira, said Governor Elmano de Freitas ordered the government to pay all costs to bring Lucinete Freitas’s remains to Fortaleza.
• The family had been unable to raise roughly €10,000 for the transfer as the Brazilian Consulate in Lisbon assisted administratively but reported no funds for such expenses.
• Reports cite a 45‑day window under Portuguese rules after police release of the body, with arrangements targeted by around February 1 to prevent an indigent burial.
• Freitas was found on December 18 in Amadora after 13 days missing, with local reporting stating she was killed with cement blocks and her body was covered with debris.
• Portuguese authorities have not disclosed the suspect’s name; her employer, a 43‑year‑old Brazilian woman, is under arrest and was indicted on charges including qualified homicide and profanation of a corpse.