Student killed with 100 stab wounds had already filed a police report against her boyfriend
Gustavo Dutra Lima, boyfriend of medical student Letícia de Morais Vasconcelos Rodrigues, arrested on suspicion of killing her with around 100 puncture wounds, in Barbacena, in the interior of Minas Gerais, last Saturday (27), had threatening and possessive behavior.
The information appears in the police report made by her months before she died. In February 2026, she reported suffering threats and jealousy from Gustavo.
The incident says that the two had been in a relationship for approximately three years, but that they were facing constant fights motivated by the suspect's excessive jealousy.
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During an argument, Gustavo allegedly told her that the young woman "wouldn't know what he was capable of", in an intimidating way, simulating a gun pointed at his own head.
In her statement to the police, Leticia had said that he often threatened her and her friends. The student also reported that, during a fight, she asked him to leave her apartment, but he didn't leave and, out of fear, she went to the police station.
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Letícia was found dead inside her own apartment in Barbacena, in the interior of Minas Gerais, on June 27th.
Preliminary information from sources linked to the investigation indicate that at least 130 injuries were identified on the woman's body, including stab wounds and superficial bruises.
According to witnesses, the victim was with Gustavo at a party the day before he disappeared. After the event, the two would have gone to Letícia's apartment. The victim still responded to some messages around 11:40 pm, and then disappeared.
He was arrested the next day, on Sunday (28). In the decision that converted the suspect's arrest from flagrant to preventive, judge Alanir José Hauck Rabeca mentioned that the medical student suffered "hundreds of knife blows".
CNN Brasil tries to contact the man's defense. The space remains open.
Source: CNN