Boyfriend locked room and lived with the body for days after killing student in SC, police say

Who was the student found dead in her boyfriend's house in SC José Gustavo Rabelo, a 21-year-old man who confessed to having killed his girlfriend, Joviana Evelyn Iankovski, in Sangão (SC), remained with the body in his own room throughout the weekend, according to police chief Murilo Silveira da Cunha, responsible for the investigation. The crime, according to the investigator, would have occurred at the turn of Thursday (6) to Friday (7), after an argument motivated by messages found by the young woman on her boyfriend's cell phone. The biology student was killed with a rear naked choke when trying to leave the residence. "He states that he kept his room locked and only informed his family about what happened on Monday morning," said the delegate. ?Click and follow the g1 SC channel on WhatsApp According to the Civil Police, the young woman tried to leave the house after the argument, but was prevented by the suspect, who followed her and carried out the blow, leading to her death by asphyxiation. "He then placed the body on the bed and remained at the residence. The author also reports that he consumed a lot of controlled medication, which would have left him numb throughout Friday. Regarding the following days, he only reported that he does not know exactly what happened, but that he would have consumed a lot of alcoholic beverages", informed Cunha. According to the Civil Police, the young woman tried to leave the house, but was prevented by the suspect, who followed her and applied a blow known as a rear-naked choke, leading to her death by asphyxiation. g1 tried to locate his defense, but was unable to do so until the last update of this report. The suspect's family learned about the crime days later. The police confirmed that the young man only informed his family about the death on Monday morning (9). Mother and grandmother, who lived with him, were not suspicious of the situation because the suspect commonly took people to his room, "making his rooms an isolated room", said the police chief. An examination by the Scientific Police will precisely identify the cause of death. "The person being investigated had no prior history or domestic violence in his name. However, family members report that the relationship was already known to be troubled," said the delegate. Joviana Evelyn Iankovski was found dead at her boyfriend's house in Sangão (SC) Social networks/ Reproduction Body was found after mother suspected exchange of messages The body was found after Joviana's mother suspected that the messages that had been sent to her by her daughter were written by someone else. One of the first messages was sent on Friday (7), when the victim told her family that she would not return home and would sleep at her boyfriend's house. On a social network, the victim's sister, Livia Iankovski, detailed these messages. "On Thursday, my sister left on her way to the bar saying she was going to have fun with her new friends from college, on Friday she got in touch with my mother saying that she slept at her 'boyfriend's' house and was going to spend the weekend there. On Sunday night, she told my mother that she preferred to sleep there one more day and, early in the morning, she would be home", he said. On Monday morning (10), the police went to the house where the suspect lived, in the Santa Apolônia neighborhood, and found the body, after breaking into the locked bedroom door. José Gustavo Rabelo was arrested after confessing to killing his girlfriend, Joviana Evelyn Iankovski, in SC Social networks/ Reproduction READ ALSO: Student discovered messages from her boyfriend with other women before being killed Student was found dead a week after starting biology college Student killed at her boyfriend's house in SC dreamed of 'backpacking' around the world and volunteering in Africa Joviana Evelyn Iankovski, aged 19, was found dead at her boyfriend's house in Sangão, SC Reproduction/Social networks How to ask for help in SC Civil Police WhatsApp: (48) 98844-0011. Virtual police station: policeofficevirtual.sc.gov.br. Dial 100 or call 182. Military Police: 190. VIDEOS: most watched on g1 SC in the last 7 days