Joyce and her mother lived on the same property in Brasilândia, north of São Paulo, Brazil. On the morning of the crime, the mother was at work. Around noon, she received messages from her former son-in-law. “ He said he was in the woods fleeing from the police ,” she stated.
Worried, Mrs. Edenilde rushed to her daughter’s house and was met with a brutal scene. There was blood on the floor. My daughter was in bed and still managed to say, “It was Vinícius.”