Two Elderly Women Killed in Separate Brazil Stabbings as Suspects Confess or Cite Revenge

Overview

• The Lages (SC) case dates to April 29, when 81-year-old Ortelina Wolf was found dead at home after more than 50 knife wounds to the face and neck, according to Polícia Civil.
• In Lages, a 30-year-old granddaughter was arrested on a court-ordered temporary detention after DIC investigators secured search-and-seizure warrants, and she confessed to the killing citing personal problems.
• In Dourado (SP) on September 24, 78-year-old Júlia Vieira Cristiano was stabbed 10 times in the street and died at a municipal hospital, police reported.
• Residents detained a 24-year-old man near the Dourado scene before officers arrested him in flagrante; he told police he intended to attack the victim’s grandson and acted when the grandson was absent.
• Authorities say the Dourado suspect has prior police records for drug trafficking and theft, while forensic work and judicial procedures continue in both cases.