PERPETRATOR DATA: 32 year old; Brazil; had 3 male accomplices
VICTIM: 19 year old Greiciara Belo Vieira
METHOD OF LOCATING VICTIM: asked trans-identified male friend to find pregnant woman; he knew the pregnant victim
SURVIVAL OF MOTHER: no
SURVIVAL OF FETUS: yes
DID PERPETRATOR HAVE CHILDREN: not mentioned in media
FAKED PREGNANCY: yes
MOTIVE: to persuade male partner not to leave her.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SOUGHT: no
OUTCOME: 33 years incarceration.
Benfica thought that presenting her boyfriend with a baby would prevent him from leaving. She hired Lucus Matteus de Silva (aka Mirella) to find her a woman at the end of her pregnancy to kidnap and murder, in order to obtain an infant. De Silva was acquainted with Belo Vieira and arranged for Belo Vieira and Benfica to meet, with the ruse that the pregnant woman would receive baby supplies. Instead, Belo Vieira drugged and then driven to a deserted area where de Silva’s friend, a nurse, and the nurse’s relative were waiting. Belo Vieira was killed, her fetus removed, and her corpse was pushed into a dam. Benfica was given the newborn. However, two of the accomplices turned themselves in and the entire group was eventually captured.
Accomplices were Nurse Jacira Santos de Oliveira (sentenced to 28 years); Michel de Oliveira (sentenced to 25 years); Lucas Mateus Silva (sentenced to 19 years);. Jonathan Martins Ribeiro de Lima (sentenced to 25 years).