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Woman stabs boyfriend and slices off his head after catching him 'trying to abuse son'

A 24-year-old woman in So Paulo allegedly killed and decapitated her boyfriend after claiming she caught him attempting to abuse her young son.

[Detectives took Paula Ellen Neves da Silva into custody after finding Daniel dos Santos head inside a rucksack ]

Detectives took Paula Ellen Neves da Silva into custody after finding Daniel dos Santos head inside a rucksack

A woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death and cut off his head after claiming she caught him attempting to abuse her young son inside their apartment in Brazil.

Police arrested 24-year-old Paula Ellen Neves da Silva following the killing of her partner, 32-year-old Daniel dos Santos, in Itaquaquecetuba, in the So Paulo metropolitan area.

Officers say the woman later admitted carrying out the attack, which took place inside the flat where she lived with her two children, aged three and six.

Investigators believe the couple had spent the night drinking alcohol and using drugs with a friend, who left the property about 90 minutes before the killing.

According to police, the suspect told officers she had been lying on the living room floor pretending to sleep while the victim sat on the sofa nearby. She claimed she then saw him attempting to open her sons nappy.

[Daniel dos Santos head was found inside a rucksack ]

Daniel dos Santos head was found inside a rucksack

She said she immediately grabbed a knife and stabbed him. During the struggle, the man reportedly tried to defend himself and used a serrated knife, injuring her hand.

After the attack, police say the woman decapitated the victim and placed his head inside a backpack. Investigators allege she then dragged the body into the bathroom before washing the knife and partially cleaning blood from the sofa and the floor.

Authorities said the woman contacted her ex-husband, the childrens father, as well as her mother and brother to tell them what had happened.

Family members told police they initially struggled to believe her claims until she sent them photos and videos of the dismembered body.

[Detectives took Paula Ellen Neves da Silva into custody ]

Detectives took Paula Ellen Neves da Silva into custody

When officers arrived at the apartment, the crime scene had already been partly cleaned. The victims body was discovered in the bathroom with multiple stab wounds, while his head was found inside a backpack. Police say the suspect and the victim had only been in a relationship for around two months.

Security cameras at the condominium also showed a third man, identified as Samuel Christian Silva Santos, at the property before the crime. He later gave a statement to police and said he had not noticed anything unusual between the couple.

[She claimed she was pretending to be asleep when she witnessed the alleged incident]

She claimed she was pretending to be asleep when she witnessed the alleged incident

The woman was taken into custody and questioned by Civil and Military Police. When asked by the Al, Voc news programme if she regretted what happened, she replied: I would do it all again.

Investigators say the case has been registered as aggravated homicide, procedural fraud, and destruction or concealment of a corpse.

Police are continuing to examine the circumstances surrounding the killing and say there is currently insufficient evidence to support a claim of self-defence. The court has been asked to convert her arrest into preventive detention. The investigation is ongoing.

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