The 38-year-old woman, allegedly killed by her coworker, was found on a vacant property next to a house where she was working.
A woman tragically died after a coworker allegedly strangled her when she refused to kiss him. Working as a caregiver, the mother of four had married just eight days before this horrific incident.
Allegedly, her colleague, Marcelo Junior Bastos Santos, tried to kiss her. However, she refused and also slapped him. Bastos Santos reportedly used a chokehold to strangle her. As per local media, he allegedly also used diaper tape to tie Ribeiro’s hand and threw her body into an unoccupied property after she died.
Arrest of the suspect
The police first got suspicious of Bastos Santos when they came to know that he had asked for a shovel from a neighbour on the day of the murder. During the investigation, the police identified him from surveillance camera footage. The public defender representing Bastos Santos in the alleged murder case refused to comment on the matter.
“Only Longing Remains”
50-year-old Nathanael da Silva and Ribeiro’s husband spoke about the horrific tragedy, saying that with her gone, “all that is left is longing,” reported g1.
“She was a rare jewel in my life. Cintia was an exemplary person, a companion that I wanted for many years in my life. She shared everything with me, she was sincere, a wonderful person,” he told the outlet.
“We dated for a while, then she came to live with me in my house. Recently, we decided to get married because our religion [evangelical] did not allow us to live in that situation,” the husband explained how they made the decision to marry just a few days before her death.
She was a mother of four children, two adults and two minors. “Since we didn’t have children together, her children were my children and mine were her children,” her husband said.
