The former stepfather suspected of stabbing 14-year-old teenager Alice Nitz to death was preventively arrested on Tuesday night (18), in Encantado, in the Vales Region, in Rio Grande do Sul. According to the Military Brigade, Wagno Arezi Henika was located in the house where the crime took place, in the Jardim do Trabalhador neighborhood.
Ex-stepfather suspected of stabbing 14-year-old teenager to death is arrested
The former stepfather suspected of stabbing 14-year-old teenager Alice Nitz to death was preventively arrested on Tuesday night (18), in Encantado, in the Vales Region, in Rio Grande do Sul. According to the Military Brigade, Wagno Arezi...
Wagno is a former partner of the victim's mother and allegedly admitted to committing the crime to his own sister-in-law. The suspect's defense was not located, but space remains open for demonstrations.
- According to the Military Brigade, the man tried to escape, but was found and captured quickly.
- Alice's body had been located by Wagno's brother, who lives with him.
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The teenager was killed on Monday (17). Wagno is a former partner of the victim's mother and allegedly admitted to committing the crime to his own sister-in-law. The suspect's defense was not located, but space remains open for demonstrations.
The arrest took place around 9pm. According to the Military Brigade, the man tried to escape, but was found and captured quickly. Alice's body had been located by Wagno's brother, who lives with him. After arrest, the suspect was taken to the Lajeado Emergency Police Station.
The Civil Police investigates the case and points to feminicide as the main line of investigation. The relationship between Wagno and Alice is also analyzed by the authorities, as the man had been the teenager's mother's partner and, therefore, was her former stepfather.
According to information gathered by the police, Wagno and Alice's mother remained together for 13 years and had been separated for approximately a month.
The investigation is still evaluating the possibility of vicaricide, a crime committed against someone as a way of targeting another person, but delegate Dieli Caumo stated that femicide continues to be the main hypothesis considered by the authorities.
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