Aggressor is arrested after being found inside his ex's closet in SC; son reported violence at school

Military Police Siren Google Reproduction A 37-year-old man was located inside the closet of his ex-partner's house and arrested in the act after threatening her in Benedito Novo, in Vale do Itajaí, in Santa Catarina, the Military Police reported. The case reached the police after the ex-couple's son ran to a school, reported his father and asked for help. The PM was called on Monday (17) and found the 25-year-old woman at home. She reported that she had been separated from her attacker for three months, but that the man did not accept the end of the relationship. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp According to the Military Police, the man went to the property on Monday afternoon under the pretext of visiting his four children and an argument began. The 7-year-old boy then left the house and looked for the school, whose address was not given. During the incident, one of the children said that their father was hiding in the house and he was found. The woman also presented the police with threatening messages attributed to him. Their contents were not disclosed. The Guardianship Council was called to monitor the children. To g1, this Tuesday (18), the delegate responsible for the case confirmed the arrest, but did not disclose other details of the incident as it was a case of domestic violence. READ ALSO: SC is the state in Brazil with the highest rate of recorded threats against women Who was the woman found dead with signs of strangulation inside the house SC leads the number of threats against women in Brazil Santa Catarina was the Brazilian state with the highest number of police records of threats against women in 2025. The data are from the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook, released in July by the Brazilian Public Security Forum (FBSP). According to the document, there were 1,733 records of threats against women per 100,000 inhabitants in Santa Catarina in 2025. The rate is more than double the national average, which reached a rate of 720.9 records per 100,000 inhabitants. Data from 2025 Santa Catarina: 1,733 records per 100,000 women Amapá: 1,491 records per 100,000 women Federal District: 1,477 records per 100,000 women National average: 720 records per 100,000 women SC has three regions identified as 'feminicide corridors' VIDEOS: most watched from g1 SC in the last 7 days