A 14-year-old girl who “worships death” has been arrested for stabbing her 10-year-old cousin, hitting her aunt around the head with a frying pan, and then stabbing her aunt to death – before calmly heading out to get ice cream.
She also allegedly left a bloodstained note at the crime scene reading “I was here” with a heart drawn under it.
The gruesome murder took place in the neighbourhood of Esperanca in the municipality of Feijo in the northern Brazilian state of Acre on Monday night, 24th January.
The suspect has since said that she has “no regrets” and that she would “do it all again”.
The victim has been named as 38-year-old Maria Antonieta de Souza Abreu, the suspect’s aunt.
The police have said that the teenager, whose name they have not divulged, allegedly murdered her aunt after first stabbing her 10-year-old cousin with a knife and locking him in a room after having, at first, calmly watched television with him. The young boy reportedly suffered injuries to his neck.
In her statement at the police station, the suspect indicated that she did not want to harm her cousin, who has not been named, but she said that he would not allow himself to be locked up and so she allegedly stabbed him in the neck before tying him up with a belt.
The aunt was found with multiple stab wounds and she was also allegedly attacked with a frying pan. The alleged murderer also reportedly left a bloodstained note at the crime scene reading “I was here” with a heart drawn under it.
Railson Ferreira, a spokesperson for the investigators, reportedly suspects that the murder was premeditated. This is because investigators found a journal allegedly containing a handwritten note penned by the 14-year-old girl.
The note allegedly indicates that the teen had been planning to murder her aunt.
The teenager reportedly left the house after allegedly murdering her aunt and went out to get ice cream. She subsequently turned herself in at the police headquarters.
Ferreira is quoted as saying: “She spoke with a calmness… She said there was no preparation. About the diary we found, she said it was because she worships death, that she likes it. But I believe there was, indeed, a plan.”
The spokesperson added: “There were many stab wounds and she repeatedly hit her aunt around the head with the frying pan. The knife was stuck into the victim. I have never seen so much blood in my life.”
The spokesperson also said that the victim had been suffering from dengue fever at the time of her death, which might have made it easier for the 14-year-old girl to kill her alone.
Investigators had previously believed that the suspect had received help from a third party, but this no longer appears to be the case.
The teenager had reportedly been sleeping at her aunt’s house for a few days because her mother was away.
Ferreira added: “There was a harmonious relationship between the parties and what stands out is the teenager’s planning. The crime was not impulsive, it was a premeditated attack. There’s a diary that she wrote about her suffering, her need to rebel, saying that her family will not like what she is going to do.
“She gives indications that she is planning to kill someone or kill herself, but nothing regarding the case specifically. So, regarding the case that is currently under investigation, it will not be used as evidence.”
Ferreira also said: “She said she doesn’t regret it and that she would do it all again, that the motivation was because she did not like her aunt, because she would not let her go out, and this is despite the fact that people thought that they had a good relationship.”
The victim died at the scene and her body was taken to the hospital to be examined. The police investigation is ongoing and they are reportedly trying to secure CCTV images and interview witnesses.
