Eduardo Azevedo responds for qualified homicide for a base motive, a resource that made the defense and feminicide difficult Reproduction The Acre Court scheduled the trial of Eduardo da Costa Azevedo, aged 25, accused of murdering his own mother, Márcia Maria da Costa Azevedo, aged 47, in November 2024 in Rio Branco. The information was confirmed to g1 by the Acre Court of Justice (TJ-AC). The trial is scheduled to take place on the 23rd, one year and eight months after Márcia's death. The defendant, who confessed to the crime, is represented by the Public Defender's Office of the State of Acre (DPE-AC), which does not usually comment on the processes. ? Join the g1 AC channel on WhatsApp The ruling occurs when the judge understands that there is sufficient evidence of authorship for the case to be judged. Acre had 14 femicides in 2025 ? Eduardo lived with his mother in the Esperança complex, in Rio Branco and confessed to the crime saying that he had been attacked by the victim with a 'knock' to the head. The defense at the time claimed that they noticed “strange behavior” dissociated from reality and requested a medical evaluation. READ MORE: Court accepts request for examination to determine mental health of accused of killing his own mother in AC Former Carnival queen denounces having been attacked by her ex-husband during an argument in AC: 'I saw death up close' Acre has the highest rate of femicides in the country in 2025 Eduardo remains in prison. According to the TJ-AC, seven witnesses must be heard during the trial session. The process is being carried out under secrecy. He is charged with qualified homicide for a base motive, use of a resource that made it difficult for the victim to defend himself and feminicide. In January last year, judge Robson Ribeiro Aleixo, from the 1st Court of the Jury Court of the District of Rio Branco, accepted a request from the defense and ordered the establishment of an incident of mental insanity to assess the psychological conditions of the defendant. With the decision, the process was suspended until the conclusion of the expert's report, which should present the report within 45 days. The procedure is used to check whether the accused had the capacity to understand the act he committed at the time of the crime or whether he has a mental disability. Marcia Maria da Costa Azevedo was stabbed to death by her own son Personal archive Remember the case Marcia was found stabbed to death in a house in the Esperança complex, in Rio Branco, on November 2nd. According to the Military Police Operations Center (Copom), the victim's 23-year-old son was present at the scene when the garrison arrived. The police at the time isolated the area until the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) arrived. The medical team that responded to the incident certified the death and estimated that death occurred around 8 am that day. After confirming the death, agents from the Homicide and Personal Protection Police Station (DHPP) and experts from the Legal Medical Institute (IML) were called to carry out forensic procedures at the scene of the crime. The body was sent to the IML for cadaveric examinations. Crime occurred in Rio Branco on November 2nd in the house where the family lived Disclosure Review the news from Acre