Pregnant Woman Jumps From 4th Floor To Avoid Being Killed By Partner

Story By: William McGeeSub-EditorLee Bullen, Agency: Newsflash

This young pregnant woman was forced to jump from her fourth-floor apartment to save herself from her abusive partner who was allegedly beating her with a truncheon because she did not ask how his day was.

Mikaelen Sasha Rocha das Merces, 22, jumped from a height of over 10 metres (33 feet) following a row with her partner inside her flat in the Brazilian municipality of Araraquara earlier this month.

Merces met Jonatan Willian Correa on Facebook in June this year. Their relationship got off to a good start but quickly turned sour, with the 26-year-old regularly attacking Merces out of jealousy and constantly threatening her so that she would not tell her family about the abuse, according to reports.

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The first time he allegedly beat her was over a message she received that he did not like. In another incident not long after the first, he reportedly broke her nose.

Unbeknown to Merces, Correa had an extensive police record for a variety of crimes including domestic violence.

According to the young woman, who spoke to local media from the hospital bed she has been lying in for nearly a month, she told her husband that she was going to her parents’ house to pick up her two-year-old son from a previous relationship.

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The young man then allegedly beat her because she did not ask how his day had gone.

Reports said he slapped her numerous times in the face and slammed her face on the cooker, burning part of her forehead.

He then took her to the bedroom where he reportedly punched her in the face and slammed her head on the floor and against various objects in the room.

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He then fetched a wooden truncheon he kept in the apartment with which he used to strike her in the face, back and legs, according to local media.

He then locked Merces in the bedroom while he went to fetch an object from the kitchen.

After being attacked for over an hour and afraid of being killed, the victim made the decision to jump from the window to save her life.

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Merces was rescued and taken to hospital with numerous fractures sustained in the fall. She spent a week in an induced coma and has already undergone three operations.

Correa denies all allegations against him, while Merces’ lawyer hopes he will be tried for attempted femicide.

Merces is recovering in hospital and her unborn baby is apparently fine.

The investigation continues.

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