A three-month pregnant woman was knifed to death in front of her daughter, 6, and son, 11, by her partner who who had tried to kill her before.
Hellen Karine Carvalho da Silva, 29, was stabbed five times at the house she shared with her partner in the municipality of Zacarias, in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, in the early hours of October 16.
The prime suspect, 28-year-old partner Marcelo Rodrigues, lived with her at the address. The victim’s aunt, Eunice de Carvalho, told local media that Hellen’s six-year-old daughter saw her mother being killed.
She also revealed that Hellen’s 11-year-old son had also been in the house and fled after he saw his mother being attacked by her partner and heard her cries for help, RP10
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