Police Probe String of Killings Across Brazil After Arrests and Reported Confessions

Overview

• In Caruaru (PE), police say the alleged killer confessed and the victim’s mother is held preventively as a suspected mastermind tied to an inheritance dispute, with tanatoscopic and sexological exams pending to assess possible sexual violence.
• In Simões Filho (BA), a man and a woman were found shot inside a locked car in a supermarket parking lot, where a pistol was recovered, and investigators treat the case as a likely murder–suicide as pericial reports are awaited.
• In Florianópolis (SC), Catarina Kasten was found dead on the Matadeiro trail, a suspect was arrested and, according to the Military Police, confessed, and a custody hearing was set as UFSC denounced the killing as feminicide.
• In a separate Simões Filho case, an adolescent was apprehended after the kidnapping from a candomblé terreiro and dismemberment of Williams Nogueira, with the youth routed to Fundac while detectives pursue other suspects and examine possible gang rivalry.
• Additional fatal attacks reported since Friday include a domestic killing followed by suicide in Itajaí and three men executed in Juazeiro do Norte, as police across jurisdictions collect evidence and await forensic results to clarify circumstances.