A woman wrote her name with blood to say that her husband had tried to kill her

A woman was the victim of a feminicide attempt last Wednesday (23). Elaine Maria de Santana was shot in the head inside Carpina's house, Mata Norte de Pernambuco. Her husband, security officer Evaldo Andrade Silva, took her to a mixed health unit in the municipality. The military police and the civilian police were deployed there.

Evaldo was arrested because he had been shot in the victim's head.

Elaine is hospitalized at the Hospital da Restauração (HR), district of Derby, in the center of Recife. She remains in critical condition.

At a press conference this morning (24), the delegate Barbara Fort, at the head of the case, gave details of the incident. "After the deployment of the police, a civilian staff member went to the hospital to talk to the family of the victim, another MP came to the couple," Fort explained. . "She spoke to us using gestures," said the delegate. When asked who had shot her in the head, the victim would have written the name of her husband, Evaldo, on the stretcher where he was, with his own blood. "She was bleeding a lot, in a very tense situation," reported Barbara Fort. According to the police, before writing the name of the companion, the woman had confirmed by a positive sign that the husband was the author of the shot. the victim first said that she had fallen and hit her head. "He said he asked for help from the neighbors stating that she had dropped, then she changed the version stating that she had tried to commit suicide and eventually declared that she was" dead. " it was an accidental blow. "

" On arriving at the hospital, he again stated that she had fallen, and then he spoke of the accidental blow. police station, he confessed that he had gone into a fight with her, without specifying who had shot, "said Fort.

"A cold man"

The delegate described Evaldo as a cold man. "He spoke to us trying to show remorse that did not seem to be true," Fort said. "It is a cold man.It was a prison of great importance for the society and for the Municipality of Carpina."

The firearm seizure of the suspect, a 38 revolver, was illegal. "He had neither possession nor possession of the firearm," Fort said.

Evaldo was found inside a car by police officers, accompanied by a friend – Davi Israel Pereira da Silva – and two sons of Elaine, who would use the Arming at work since it is about safety. David has also been indicted by the police. "At first we thought that he might have contributed in some way to the crime, but we found no evidence of that," said the delegate. The other suspect will also answer for illegal possession of a firearm.

Disturbed relationships

The couple's neighbors reported constant police arguments to the police between the victim and the suspect

The two children were returned to the custody hearing. "They heard a lot of shouting, but no case of aggression, either from him or from his neighbors," said the delegate. Elaine has at least one other story of violence suffered by a partner. "There was another occurrence report regarding another badault on Elaine in a previous relationship," Barbara Fort concluded.