RJ: 2-year-old girl dies with ‘severe signs of violence’; father and stepmother are arrested

Case that occurred in Guaratiba, in the west area of ​​Rio de Janeiro; child had 59 injuries on his body

A 2-year-old girl died with signs of violence in Guaratiba, west of Rio de Janeiro. According to the Civil Police, the child’s father and stepmother were arrested in the act on Thursday the 9th, suspected of the murder.

The arrest took place after a doctor reported that the girl had been hospitalized in a health unit, already dead, and with “serious signs of violence”. The police officers went to the hospital and, after finding the injuries, forwarded the suspects to the police station.

The case is investigated by the 43rd DP (Guaratiba). According to the delegate Márcia Helena Julião to the newspaper The day, the child had 59 injuries on his body, some recent and others healed. Of the wounds, 17 were in the abdomen, 16 in the back, 12 in the face, seven in the legs and six in the arms. The victim had not eaten for at least three days.

Also according to the newspaper, the necropsy examination ascertained that the girl died of multiple thoracic and abdominal trauma caused by “blunt force and cruel means”. The report by the Campo Grande Medical Legal Institute also underlined that the child presented with the syndrome of the beaten child – when the victim has a non-accidental physical trauma caused by those responsible for her care.

The suspects denied committing an assault against the girl, according to the newspaper. Folha de São Paulo. At the police station, the stepmother said her stepdaughter was injured when she fell off the sofa.

Source: Terra

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