Júlia Benette Rodrigues Laid to Rest After Chapadão Stabbing

Overview

• Rodrigues, 22, was fatally stabbed on Dec. 16 in Complexo do Chapadão in front of her young daughters, according to police and witnesses.
• One daughter, age 2, was injured while in her mother’s arms, relatives said.
• The suspect, identified as ex-partner José Victor Leite Gustavo, was arrested in flagrante; he was reportedly assaulted after the crime, taken to a hospital, and has not yet given a statement.
• Investigators from the Delegacia de Homicídios da Capital are handling the case as a suspected feminicide, and relatives say the relationship had a history of violence.
• The body was processed at the IML do Centro, a wake was held at Cemitério de Irajá, and the burial took place Thursday as family and friends demanded justice.