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Justice decrees preventive detention of suspect for the death of UFPI student

Justice decreed the preventive detention of Thiago Mayson da Silva Barbosa, suspected of killing and raping journalism student Janaína da Silva Bezerra, 22, during a freshman reception event at the Federal University of Piauí (UFPI).

Janaína’s body was found on Saturday morning (28), on the University campus. Thiago’s arrest was made red-handed, after he took the young woman’s body to the hospital. The victim arrived without vital signs, bloodied in her private parts and with marks of aggression.

The arrest in flagrante delicto was converted into preventive arrest after a decision given on Sunday (29). The document says that “there is sufficient evidence of materiality and, still, strong indications of authorship of the fact”.

Even though Thiago has no criminal record, the Justice claimed that preventive detention would be essential, since the freedom of the accused during the trial could compromise the guarantee of public order due to the seriousness of the crime.

“Thus, the application of precautionary measures other than imprisonment is unfeasible, as the concrete gravity of the criminal conduct indicates that public order would not be safeguarded with the release of the person in custody”, declares the decision.

Suspect alleges ‘consensual sex’

According to a report by the Legal Medicine Institute of Teresina (IML), there are indications that Janaina would have been a victim of sexual violence. The cause of death was “spinal cord trauma by blunt action”, that is, there was a contusion in the spine at the cervical level, which caused an injury to the spinal cord.

The coroner in charge of the case said that the “blunt action may have been caused by blowing, twisting or traumatizing the spine”. Another possibility investigated is the action of the hands on the victim’s neck, “with the intention of killing or suffocating, falling, fighting”.

The Department of Homicide and Personal Protection (DHPP) investigates what happened, conducting interviews, examinations and expertise at the crime scene. The police inquiry will be completed within ten days.

In his testimony to the Civil Police, the accused stated that he already knew the victim and would have “stayed” on other occasions.

The suspect alleges that, around 2 am, he would have invited the young woman to one of the classrooms, where “they had consensual sex”. The victim would have been unconscious on two occasions, the last one around 4:00 am, and he would have remained next to her body throughout the night. He then claims to have requested help from university security around 9 am.

THE CNN , the delegate responsible for the case said that the suspect is a master’s student in mathematics at the UFPI, and that the victim was found in the room of the Graduate Program in Mathematics. At the scene, blood was found at the entrance to the room, as well as on a table and a mattress.

*Published by Fernanda Pinotti, with information by Tamara Nassif and Beatriz Carneiro, from CNN, in São Paulo

Source: CNN Brasil

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