Overview
- Maria Katiane Gomes da Silva, 25, died on November 29 after falling from the tenth floor of her São Paulo building.
- Her husband initially told responders she jumped, a claim contradicted by building security footage reviewed by authorities.
- The videos show him hitting, pushing and attempting to strangle her before dragging her from an elevator shortly before the fall.
- Police reclassified the case as femicide and arrested Alex Leandro Bispo dos Santos, 40, identifying him as the principal suspect.
- Investigators from the 89th District Police and homicide units ordered forensic tests and collected witness accounts after the family released the recordings publicly.