Overview
- The victim, identified as Maria Jucineide, was found dead inside the couple’s home in Santarém’s Jutaí neighborhood after she ran, cried for help, and phoned family members.
- Officers were alerted around 11:00 a.m., requested forensic examinations, visited the scene, and identified witnesses, which they say clarified the crime’s dynamics and authorship.
- Relatives brought the main suspect to the police station later that night, where a judge’s preventive arrest order was executed, and he remains in custody.
- Investigators report the fatal escalation followed an argument that began the night before when the suspect picked avocados and gave them to others, which upset the victim.
- Police say the suspect locked the victim inside the residence and she showed defensive injuries, and authorities urged earlier reporting of domestic violence to prevent similar cases.