Authorities Recast Fatal Brazil Road Crashes as Crimes After Video and Forensic Findings

Overview

• In Minas Gerais, the death of Henay Rosa Gonçalves Amorim is now investigated as a possible feminicide after toll‑plaza footage showed her unresponsive in the driver’s seat while Alison de Araújo Mesquita steered from the passenger side minutes before the MG‑050 collision.
• Police described alleged assaults and neck compression inside the car and cited preliminary exams indicating signs of asphyxia and repeated head trauma; Mesquita was arrested at the victim’s funeral as investigators await final reports, and his defense maintains it was a traffic accident.
• In Balneário Camboriú, Porsche driver Gisele Piccoli Forneroli registered 0.97 mg/L on a breathalyzer, was found in a mangrove and detained, then released under judicial precautions with a nightly curfew and suspended license as prosecutors review the case file.
• Records show Forneroli received four speeding fines in the past year, and forensic work will determine the car’s speed and condition as well as clarify the passenger Aline Cristina Dalmolin’s fatal injuries.
• On SP‑322 in São Paulo state, a truck overturned onto a Volkswagen Gol, killing three brothers and a 73‑year‑old coworker; the driver tested negative for alcohol and the investigation proceeds as negligent vehicular homicide.