Overview
- Lucinete Freitas, 55, was found dead on December 18 in a wooded area of Amadora after 13 days missing, according to Portugal’s Polícia Judiciária.
- The Ministério Público says the employer lured her to an isolated location on December 5, struck her head with a cement block, concealed the body with debris, and used her phone to send false messages claiming a trip to the Algarve.
- A 43-year-old Brazilian woman identified as the employer was detained and formally indicted on qualified homicide, profanation of a corpse, possession of a prohibited weapon, and computer fraud, with the investigation continuing under judicial secrecy.
- The widower says he has not received the autopsy report or a death certificate and that the body remains in Portugal as the family struggles to fund repatriation without official assistance.
- Brazil’s Foreign Ministry says the Lisbon consulate is providing consular support and notes repatriation is authorized only in exceptional cases, while the family reports the new federal rule on transfers lacks defined budget to take effect.