Alana: 38-year-old, White, with graduate studies |
The partner was jealous for suspecting that she was in another relationship. She was shot 16 times. |
Antonieta: 49-year-old, Brown, with a college degree, married, and a machine operator in a fishing net company |
Rape. She suffered traumatic brain injury with a pipe bar. |
Carina: 25-year-old, White, single, highway service attendant |
She disagreed with her boyfriend. She suffered stab wounds to the chest, jaw, eyebrow, and lip, and lethal wounds to her lung and heart (duration of relationship: one month). |
Dorelia: 75-year-old, Brown, uneducated, married, and bartender in a neighborhood bar |
She had a disagreement over money with her son, who beat and pushed her, causing TBI. |
Eva: 41-year-old, White, self-employed |
Disagreement over the end of the relationship, he assaulted her with a stab wound to the right side of the chest so that she would learn not to challenge him. |
Flávia: 40-year-old, Black, married, and recycling picker |
Couple’s disagreement. She was beaten and burned with gasoline. |
Franciele: 34-year-old, White, with a college degree, married, and an administrative employee at a grocery store |
The partner did not want to accept the end of the relationship and was jealous of a supposed new partner. She suffered strangulation. |
Jeannete: 19-year-old adolescent, Brown, with incomplete elementary education, single, linked to drug trafficking |
She had links and debts with the drug trade. She suffered 31 punctures to the chest and abdomen, and signs of sexual assault. |
Majô: 29-year-old, Black, married |
Rape. She suffered mechanical asphyxia and strangulation. |
Marcela: 13-year-old adolescent, Brown, with incomplete elementary education, in a common-law marriage, and buffet service attendant |
Couple’s disagreement. He did not want her to leave the house. She suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh with massive blood loss. |
Martina: 26-year-old, White, with incomplete higher education, single, and student in the health area |
The trigger of aggression is unknown. She suffered strangulation and asphyxiation from her boyfriend, who used a cell phone cord. |
Martha: 32-year-old, White, with incomplete elementary education, single, and a waitress |
Relationship termination and suspected of having relationships with other men. She suffered a beating and assault with a knife in the cervical region. |
Miranda: 40-year-old, Brown, with incomplete elementary education, married, and service attendant at an ice cream shop |
Rape. She suffered stab wounds and was later beheaded. |
Nicolaza: 50-year-old, White, with incomplete higher education, single, and cleaning lady |
She was suspected of being pregnant, and the abuser did not want his wife to know about the infidelity. She suffered hanging and a blow to the head. |
Neusa: 54-year-old, White, with incomplete high school education, single, and trader |
Relationship termination. She suffered a gasoline burn on 95% of the body surface. |
Olivia: 64-year-old, White, separated, and retired |
She refused to hand over the pension money to her grandson. She suffered a stabbing wound, with a neck cut. |
Orquídea: 82-year-old, White, with incomplete elementary education, widowed, and retired |
She suffered multiple blows with a knife, fork, and pruning shears from an abuser who mistook her for the woman (victim’s granddaughter) with whom he had just ended a relationship (duration of relationship: three months). |
Ramona: 31-year-old, White, with incomplete high school education, married, and service attendant at a post office |
She was in a relationship with a highly violent partner who regularly physically abused her. She was beaten with a stick and kicked in the head. |
Samanta: 28-year-old, Brown, with incomplete higher education, separated, and an attendant at a liquor store |
Relationship termination. She was hanged. There was a suicide simulation. |
Sílvia: 43-year-old, Black, with incomplete high school education, single, cleaning lady, and sex worker |
Suspected of being HIV+. She suffered hanging, beating, and body burn. |
Thaisa: 24-year-old, White, single, and a sex worker |
She had a child with the abuser, and he did not want his wife to know about the infidelity. She was beaten, and her body was buried for approximately one month. |
Taciana: 21-year-old, Black, single, and treasurer at a grocery store |
Relationship termination. She suffered 15 bullet impacts. |
Valentina: 31-year-old, Brown, with incomplete higher education, single, and service attendant at a car wash |
Disagreement for money with her partner. She suffered cervical, thoracic, and abdominal stab wounds (duration of relationship: four months). |
Valeriana: 32-year-old, Brown, single, and cook |
She had sexual intercourse with other partners. She suffered a beating and assault with a knife in the neck from her partner (duration of relationship: three months). |