Ysabele dos Santos Freier
Age 3015 Aug 2012
São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo (Brazil)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/15-Aug-2012/Ysabele (Abelardo) dos Santos Freier
Ysabele was one of four trans sex workers who were shot by the same motorcyclist in one night. Two died.
The assailant was captured as a result of surveillance camera footage.
Military and Civil Police arrested on Friday afternoon (17) the suspect of shooting four [trans women] on Wednesday (15). Two of the victims died at the scene and two others are still hospitalized, undergoing surgery, but are doing well. A second person, who is also a [trans woman], was arrested on suspicion of being the mastermind of the murders.
According to police information, the 51-year-old man was apprehended in a routine surveillance and eventually confessed to the crime. He was taken to his boarding house in the Maceno neighborhood where the gun and motorcycle used in the crime were found.
The two detainees were sent to the General Investigations Police Station, where they will give statements.
The motorcyclist shot and killed the first victim, 30, on a back road leading to Fonte Santa Terezinha. According to the PM, this is a point of prostitution. Witnesses said the biker arranged a program and went to the scene with the [trans woman]. When the victim did not return, colleagues went looking for and found her body. She had been kneeling at the time of the shooting, and her car was parked on Av. Dr. Cenobelino de Barros Serra.
The man shot and killed his second victim, 24, near a restaurant that is also on Av. Dr. Cenobelino de Barros Serra. After the shooting, he got off his motorcycle and drove to the corner of Rua St. John's, where he shot the hand and shoulder of the third 21-year-old victim. The driver, according to witnesses, waved and blew kisses at other [trans women] who were also at the scene.
The man then headed downtown, to the corner of Rua General Glicério and Prudente de Moraes, where he shot the fourth 25-year-old [trans woman] in the hand. Witnesses who witnessed the shooting said the motorcyclist had already passed several times before committing the crimes.
The other victim who died was Eduarda Vasconcelos.
In November 2021 Benedito de Jesus Carvalho went to trial accused of murdering Yasabele and Eduarda.
The jury trial of Benedito de Jesus Carvalho, arrested for shooting two [trans women] and trying to murder two others , will be held this Thursday (11), in São José do Rio Preto (SP). The crimes were committed on August 15, 2012, with only an hour difference between the first and the last.
[Deadname] Vasconcelos and [deadname] dos Santos Freire, who identified themselves as Eduarda and Isabeli, did not survive their injuries, but [deadname] Bercelini and [deadname] Zaquini, whose social names are Jully and Renata, survived.
According to the Civil Police, Benedito de Jesus was arrested on August 17, 2012, near Rio Preto airport. He is a former military policeman and was expelled from the corporation for murdering minors .
In addition to being recognized by one of the victims, the suspect hid a firearm, three helmets, cell phones and the shirt used on the day of the attacks inside the pension where he lived.
TvT partner organisation Centro de Apoyo a las Identidades Trans: G1.globo.com 17.08.2012; TvT project: 180 Graus, online portal, 15.08.2012
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