Overview

• Lucas Santos Oliveira, 22, was arrested in flagrante after allegedly stabbing his ex-partner, Letícia da Silva Costa, 21, at her home in Praia Grande on October 8.
• Text messages obtained by TV Tribuna show him apologizing to his mother and his two-year-old son before the crime, writing that “there was a demon in me.”
• Municipal guards found the victim at the scene, Samu confirmed her death, and the suspect’s mother told police she disarmed him and placed the knife behind a sofa for forensics.
• The case was registered as feminicide and sent to the Central de Polícia Judiciária and Praia Grande’s Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher for investigation.
• He received medical attention at UPA Quietude and remains in custody, and the funeral was scheduled Friday at Funerária Osan with burial at Cemitério Morada da Grande Planície.