A guy who beheaded his child stepdaughter with a machete then left her body beside a freeway has actually been sentenced to 54 years in jail.
Diogo da Silva Leite at first rejected killing Maria Clara and declared she had actually been abducted, however admitted after CCTV video opposed his story.
His legal representative has actually stated he will appeal the length of the sentence, stating: ‘The penalty is very high’.
The criminal offense occurred on October 13 in 2015 in the city of Pindamonhangaba in the south east of Brazil.
Leite went out for a walk with the child, and returned house without her – informing his partner that she had actually been taken while they were out.
Local media reported that he declared he left the child with a complete stranger to go to the restroom and when he returned, the other guy abducted the kid
Police were suspicious from the beginning, nevertheless.
He ultimately confessed he had actually eliminated his stepdaughter by slicing her avoid with a machete and he then left her body in a woody location next to a freeway in the city of Taubate.
However, he was unable to state what had actually encouraged him to eliminate the child.
He has actually now been sentenced to prison regards to 54 years for certified murder, one year and 4 months for concealment of a remains, and one month and 10 days for making an incorrect report.
The case outraged regional homeowners, who set fire to your house where Leite dealt with the child’s mom.
At the time, the girl was pregnant and needed to leave town.
Maria Clara’s daddy, Steven Roger Galvao, has 2 more kids with the child’s mom, who deal with him.
Leite has actually remained in custody because his arrest.
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