TDoR list ref: tgeu/tdor2025/15-Sep-2025/Natasha Alvarenga Ferreira
Natasha's body was found under a bridge after she was murdered by her partner.
A 44-year-old trans woman died after being burned alive in the early hours of Tuesday (16/9), in Igarapé, in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (RMBH). The suspect of the crime, 35 years old, was arrested. Both were homeless.
According to information from the Minas Gerais Military Police (PMMG), officers were called to a report of a body found under a footbridge on the side of BR-381. The officers located the body, which was charred and dismembered.
Using security camera footage, police found the suspect, wearing the same clothes as at the time of the murder, as shown on camera footage.
The suspect told police that [the suspect] and the woman had gotten into a fight and exchanged punches. At one point, [the suspect] hit her in the head and, while she was still alive, set her body on fire.