Naira Victória Neris
Age 2720 Oct 2024
São Paulo (Brazil)
Tortured and stabbed
Naira's body was found four days after she had gone missing. While captive she had been tortured.
In a press interview Naira's mother stated that Naira had always faced prejudice and that she had been killed because she was trans. She promised to fight for justice, saying "My daughter's death will not be in vain. I will fight for her and for all trans people."
The Civil Police of São Paulo are investigating the brutal murder of Naira Victoria, a 27-year-old transgender woman whose body was found last Sunday (22) in the capital of São Paulo. Naira's body will be buried this Thursday at the Nossa Senhora do Carmo cemetery in São Carlos.
In an interview with São Carlos Agora, Naira's mother, Rosa Maria, shared her pain and outrage over the crime. "My daughter disappeared and on Monday we filed a police report. On Tuesday, they called me from São Paulo saying that my daughter had been found dead and stabbed," she said emotionally.
Rosa traveled to the capital of São Paulo to identify her daughter's body and was devastated by what she found. "It was a barbaric crime. They killed my daughter simply because she was a trans woman. She was killed in a cruel way, with stab wounds, bruised eyes, and signs of hanging. She suffered for the two or three days she was alive before she died," said the mother.
Due to the advanced state of decomposition of the body, Naira will be buried this Thursday (24) in São Carlos, without a wake. "I will have five minutes to cry for my daughter before burying her, because she was already decomposing," lamented Rosa.
According to her mother, Naira had always faced difficulties because of her identity. "She fought for her rights, always facing prejudice. And now this. My daughter didn't deserve this," said Rosa, promising to fight for justice. "My daughter's death will not be in vain. I will fight for her and for all trans people."
Accordiing to poolice reports, Naira had disappeared from São Paulo on Thursday 18th October. Her killer called a friend to dispose of Naira's body, but that person turned himself into the police and confessed.
Naira's murderer has been identified and is on the run.
On Tuesday 29th October councillors of the Municipal Chamber of São Carlos unanimously approved two motions of condolence - one for Naira's death and another for the death of Amanda Rios.
https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/trans-woman-tortured-beaten-hanged-804665
