Woman is hanged, placed in trunk and threatened with death by her ex in Serrana, SP Daughter of a 45-year-old woman, victim of an attempted femicide in Serrana (SP), Yasmin Barbosa Dias said this Monday (3) that her mother only escaped because she pretended to be dead. The woman was beaten, hanged, dragged down a dirt road and forcibly placed in the trunk of a car by her ex-partner, Josimar Alves dos Santos. He was not arrested. "She pretended to be dead at the time. He tried to put her in the trunk. She hurt her legs a lot because he was trying to close it and her leg was sticking out. That's when he saw that she was moving and she bit his finger. She drew strength from where she didn't even have it, she was a warrior, she fought hard. He's three times her size," he said. According to Yasmin, after biting her ex's finger to avoid being locked in the trunk, her mother still managed to convince him that he should seek medical attention because he was bleeding a lot. "She shook his head. She said: 'honey, you're going to die because you're bleeding a lot'. Even though she was weak, she managed to convince him to drive to the UPA." Be part of the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp Trunk of the ex-girlfriend's attacker's car full of blood marks, in Serrana, SP Fabiano Minatto/EPTV Despite having driven to the UPA with the victim in the car, Josimar did not allow her to leave the vehicle. The woman took advantage of a moment of his distraction to escape and seek help inside the unit. "It was the time he unlocked the car. She ran into the UPA, and he followed behind. There are cameras showing this. He tried to get in to get her inside", said Yasmin. The victim was treated and is recovering at home, in Serrana. UPA de Serrana Fabiano Minatto/EPTV What happened The couple dated for a year and three months and had been separated for a week. Last Sunday (2), they had attended a party and Josimar approached and forced a kiss on his ex-girlfriend. Later, the two ended up meeting at a commercial establishment. According to Yasmim, Josimar called her mother for a conversation under the pretext of ending the relationship permanently. The couple went to a rural road. When the woman reaffirmed that she did not want to continue the relationship, Josimar started attacking her. "He called her to talk, to have one last conversation. When she said that it wasn't working anymore, that she didn't see a future, he freaked out. He got out of the car, grabbed her by the hair and started dragging her along the dirt road. She was bloody. She was beaten a lot. He choked her, kicked her in the head. There was even blood in her eye," said Yasmin. Woman was attacked by her ex-boyfriend on a dirt road in Serrana, SP Fabiano Minatto/EPTV Jealousy According to the daughter, jealousy is the main motivation for the attacks. Although to neighbors and acquaintances he appeared to be a calm person, within the relationship he displayed possessive behavior and had previously threatened her mother. "To people on the street he was a calm guy, but he was very jealous. That was the reason. He started saying that there were people in her house, that she was putting other people there. She had already said that he was proving to be a very aggressive person because of this." The case was registered as an attempted feminicide by the Civil Police of Serrana. Until the last update of this report, g1 had not located Josimar's defense. See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão e Franca