TDoR 2013 / 2013 / January / 24 / R. da Silva Siqueira


R. da Silva Siqueira

Age 35

24 Jan 2013
Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco (Brazil)
Stoned and stabbed

TDoR list ref: tgeu/24-Jan-2013/(Romildo) da Silva Siqueira

R.  da Silva Siqueira

R.'s body was found on Piedade seafront on the morning of Thursday 24th January. She had been stoned and stabbed with the neck of a broken bottle.

On the morning of Thursday (24), a dead [woman] was found on the seafront of Piedade, in Jaboatão dos Guararapes. The victim was without identification, appeared to be about 35 years old and was [transgender], was killed near the Quilombo building, with stones and blows from the neck of a broken bottle.

The body was sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine (IML), in Santo Amaro neighborhood, central area of Recife. Police believe the crime is linked to prostitution, as the site is associated with drug use and practice. The investigations are in charge of the Piedade Police Station.

TvT project: TvT partner organization Grupo Gay da Bahia & Folha PE, 24.01.2013

https://web.archive.org/web/20150106225400/http://www.ultimosfatos.com.br:80/site/blog/2013/01/24/travesti-assassinado-na-praia-de-piedade/

Report added: 31 Oct 2018. Last updated: 13 Jan 2021

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