Overview
- Tainara Souza Santos, 31, died on December 24 at Hospital das Clínicas after 25 days hospitalized and multiple surgeries, including a December 22 procedure after which her condition deteriorated.
- Security and bystander videos show her being run over and dragged for about one kilometer from Vila Maria toward the Marginal Tietê without the driver stopping to help.
- Police arrested Douglas Alves da Silva, 26, on November 30 at a hotel in Vila Prudente; he resisted, was shot in the arm during the approach, and remains in preventive detention.
- With the death, the investigation shifted from attempted femicide to feminicídio consumado, handled by the 73rd Police District for submission to the Ministério Público under Law 14.994/2024.
- Investigators report jealousy as a suspected motive after the suspect saw her with another man, and the family says she leaves two children, ages 7 and 12.