Husband found dead in ravine
RIO DE JANEIRO – A woman was arrested Tuesday morning suspected of murdering her husband in the Morro do Fallet favela, or slum, in the Santa Teresa area of Rio.
Murder in Morro do Fallet (photo: Meia Hora)
The body of a 30-year-old man, identified only as Ismael, was found around 6 am by residents of the community in a ravine near the simple house where he lived with his wife in this hilltop slum.
The Pacification Police Unit (UPP), stationed in the favela, was called by neighbors. On arrival, the police found the woman with a bloody knife and a trail of blood marking the way to the man's corpse in a nearby ravine.
According to neighbors, the victim was a heavy drug user.
Brazilian online news source: O Dia
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