Court Opens Five-Day Instruction Hearing for Military Officer Accused of Killing Wife
The session will gather testimony and evidence that a judge will use to decide whether the tenente‑coronel faces a jury trial.
Overview
- The instruction hearing began on Monday and is slated to run about five days with roughly 40 witnesses listed to produce the formal evidentiary record.
- Two prosecution witnesses, including the lead investigator, were heard virtually on the first day because court operations were remote for a Brazil World Cup match.
- Geraldo Leite Rosa Neto remains in custody on charges of feminicídio and fraud for the death of soldier Gisele Alves Santana, and his interrogation is scheduled for Friday, July 3.
- Family lawyers say the testimony and forensics collected so far point away from suicide and toward femicide, while investigators cite wound patterns and scene disturbances that they say contradict the husband's initial account.
- Gisele, a 32-year-old policewoman, left a seven-year-old daughter and the case has higher public scrutiny because the accused is a high‑ranking military officer and the case will proceed in common criminal court if the judge finds sufficient evidence.