São Paulo Police Open Homicide Inquiry Into Death of Military Police Soldier Found Shot at Home

Overview

• Authorities reclassified the case from an initial suicide record to a suspicious-death inquiry now treated as a potential homicide, with the PM’s internal affairs unit accompanying the probe.
• The husband, Tenente-Coronel Geraldo Leite Rosa Neto, told police he was showering when he heard a noise and then found Gisele Alves Santana with a gun; he is not formally a suspect at this stage.
• The victim’s family and their lawyer dispute the suicide account, allege a pattern of controlling and abusive behavior, and say they will submit materials such as a photo showing him with a gun to his head.
• The Civil Police are awaiting forensic reports, gunshot residue testing, and security-camera analysis to determine the circumstances of the shooting.
• Gisele, 32, served in the Military Police since 2014, leaves a seven-year-old daughter, and had recently told relatives she wanted to separate after a deteriorating relationship.