Overview

• Toxicology found lethal levels of the rat poison known as chumbinho, which investigators linked to a container Geralda Guabiraba carried that day.
• A later autopsy concluded her missing eyes and facial damage were caused by postmortem scavenging by wild rats rather than mutilation.
• After roughly two and a half years, the DHPP said there was no evidence of homicide and formally classified the death as suicide, a finding accepted by the courts.
• The initial medical examiner had ruled out suicide and animal activity and suggested a fatal injury from a sharp instrument, creating early investigative confusion.
• Her neurologist told police she suffered severe depression and was considered at high risk for self-harm months before her death.