The cancer-riddled mother of a beauty queen who was murdered by her jealous lover when she tried to dump him has died hours after she saw her daughter’s killer jailed for 14 years for aggravated murder.

A court in the city of Manaus in the Brazilian state of Amazonas sentenced jealous Rafael Fernandez Rodrigues to 14 years in prison on Thursday, 28th October.

His beautiful victim, Kimberly Karen Mota de Oliveira, who was crowned Miss Manicore (a municipality in Amazonas) in 2019, was just 22 years old and had a bright future ahead of her as she was studying dentistry and doing well when she was stabbed to death by Rodrigues on 12th of May last year.

Her devastated mother, Neyla Mota, who spoke at the trial via video link from her hospital bed, was able to stay alive long enough to hear the verdict on her daughter’s 31-year-old killer, and passed away from cancer just hours after the sentencing.

A jury found the defendant guilty of the femicide of his ex-girlfriend following the trial that started on 9th December.

During the trial, he denied committing the crime out of jealousy, telling the court he did it because the victim allegedly lied to him.

The defendant had previously also tried to escape the consequences of the murder by trying to feign mental illness. However, a medical report at the time ruled him fit to stand trial.

The evil killer, who hails from the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo in the state of Sao Paulo, had moved to Manaus for work in 2017 and met the victim in a nightclub.

The couple had been going out for just two months before the crime took place, with the victim’s body and the murder weapon being found in his apartment.

The suspect was arrested three days later hiding out near the border with Venezuela before he managed to cross it.

Investigators believed his crime was one of passion and was not premeditated.

It was not reported if he can appeal his sentence.