A 14-year-old teenager was stabbed to death this Monday (17), in Encantado, in the Vales Region of Rio Grande do Sul. The victim was identified as Alice Nitz. The main suspect is the young woman's former stepfather, who had not been located until the last update on the case.
14-year-old teenager is stabbed to death in RS; ex-stepfather is wanted
A 14-year-old teenager was stabbed to death this Monday (17), in Encantado, in the Vales Region of Rio Grande do Sul. The victim was identified as Alice Nitz. The main suspect is the young woman's former stepfather, who had not been...
According to delegate Dieli Caumo, responsible for the case, the emotional bond maintained between the man and Alice is one of the elements considered for the framework. The suspect had a relationship of approximately 13 years with the teenager's mother.
- The couple had separated about a month before the crime, but Alice continued to maintain contact with her ex-stepfather even after the end of the relationship.
- According to the delegate, the information gathered so far indicates that the separation occurred consensually.
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The Civil Police is conducting the investigation under the main hypothesis of feminicide. According to delegate Dieli Caumo, responsible for the case, the emotional bond maintained between the man and Alice is one of the elements considered for the framework.
The suspect had a relationship of approximately 13 years with the teenager's mother. The couple had separated about a month before the crime, but Alice continued to maintain contact with her ex-stepfather even after the end of the relationship.
According to the delegate, the information gathered so far indicates that the separation occurred consensually. The investigation has not identified, at this time, elements that point to conflicts in the ending that could indicate that Alice would have been killed as a way of harming or taking revenge on her mother.
"It was an end to a consensual relationship, from what we were able to determine. That's why the thesis of vicaricide cannot be sustained," said Dieli Caumo.
The possibility of vicaricide was considered at the beginning of the investigation, but lost strength in the face of the elements found by the investigators. The main line followed by the Civil Police became that of feminicide.
“We work with the issue of feminicide due to the affectionate relationship between stepfather and stepdaughter that existed before and still exists, because she maintained contact with him even after he separated from her mother”, explained the delegate.
Suspect reportedly confessed to crime to family
After Alice's death, the man allegedly called his brother and sister-in-law and said that he had killed the teenager. The information was passed on by the delegate responsible for the investigation.
The identity of the suspect has not been released by authorities. He remained at large while police carried out searches to locate him.
What is vicaricide?
Vicaricide occurs when someone kills a person related to a woman, such as a son, father, mother or other dependent, with the intention of causing suffering, punishing her or directly harming that woman.
The practice began to have a specific provision in Brazilian legislation after the sanction, in April, of a package of measures aimed at combating domestic violence.
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