Authorities in Brazil have made a chilling discovery as they found the lifeless body of Flávia dos Santos, 44, inside a refrigerator, revealing a horrifying crime scene in the northeastern city of Maceió.
According to the Alagoas Civil Police, dos Santos met her tragic fate following a confrontation with her 13-year-old daughter and the daughter’s 22-year-old boyfriend at their home.
The daughter, whose identity remains undisclosed due to her status as a minor, was taken into custody along with her boyfriend on Tuesday, March 5. The boyfriend, whose name has not been disclosed, confessed to the murder, while his father, aged 47, was also apprehended for aiding in concealing the body.
Alagoas Civil Police chief Thiago Prado disclosed that the boyfriend faces charges of murder, concealing a corpse, and corruption of a minor.
The tragic sequence of events unfolded last Friday night when dos Santos, returning from work, confronted her daughter’s boyfriend, whom she had previously prohibited from visiting their residence in the Jacintinho neighborhood of Maceió.
Reportedly, dos Santos expressed disapproval of her daughter’s relationship with the boyfriend and objected to the idea of her daughter moving in with him. The disagreement escalated into violence, with dos Santos being struck in the head before the boyfriend allegedly stabbed her multiple times with a knife.
The daughter recounted to authorities that her mother handed the knife to her boyfriend during the altercation, who proceeded to stab dos Santos in various regions of her body.
Following the brutal act, the couple cleaned the bloodstains from the floor and left the residence to seek refuge at a rented home.
Subsequently, the boyfriend’s father assisted them in concealing dos Santos’ body, which was wrapped in a blanket, inside a refrigerator, where it remained until Tuesday when he instructed his son to dispose of the body.
