Partner Arrested After 71-Year-Old Dies Following Rescue From Squalid Home in Jaguaquara, Bahia

Overview

• The victim was found by SAMU bedridden in an unsanitary residence with infected wounds, hypotension and hyperglycemia, and she died hours after being taken to a municipal hospital.
• Police identified the suspect as Cláudio José de Oliveira dos Santos and arrested him in flagrante at a city bar.
• He was autuado on suspicion of lesão corporal seguida de morte under the domestic-violence framework and faces accusations of psychological, sexual and patrimonial abuse.
• Authorities also cited alleged maus-tratos, cárcere privado, estupro de vulnerável and appropriation of the elderly woman’s social-security benefit.
• Investigators say neighbors described threats and intimidation that blocked efforts to help the victim, and they continue to probe whether the suspect committed other crimes in the region.