Domestic Violence Spate Across Brazil Prompts Arrests and a 12-Year Sentence

Overview

• In Uberaba, a woman was found fatally stabbed in a house, and police say the resident’s boyfriend fled in the victim’s car as investigators recovered a knife, bloodstained clothing and records of same‑day financial transfers; he remains at large.
• In the Federal District, police say Nilton Ribeiro assaulted and disfigured his partner and shared her intimate videos, as prosecutors allege cruelty and request R$200,000 in damages; he was booked in flagrante while on temporary release from semi‑open custody.
• A Tocantins jury sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for attempting to kill his ex‑partner and her baby, with the mother shielding the infant; the judge also ordered R$50,000 in moral damages and kept him in preventive custody.
• Police made multiple arrests in recent assaults, including a woman detained after stabbing her partner in Belo Horizonte and two men held in Resende and Três Rios, where officers reported a head‑slamming attack and resistance that required pepper spray.
• Other cases under investigation include a pregnant 19‑year‑old beaten at a gas station in Feira de Santana with a 36‑year‑old companion sought, a fatal jealousy‑related stabbing of a husband in Vilhena, and severe injuries to a 76‑year‑old in Rorainópolis registered as attempted homicide.