Civil police suspect a feminicide about a fire in a north wing apartment

Veiguima Martins was found charred inside the property. Her husband died after inhaling large amounts of smoke. The fire that occurred in a block 310 apartment in the north wing in the early hours of this Wednesday (30), may have been a feminicide. The civilian police say that he does not know yet whether the death of Veiguima Martins, aged 56, has occurred before or after it was triggered by the flames. Her husband, 80-year-old José Bandeira da Silva, died as a result of cardiac arrest due to inhaled smoke. The couple is disputed a few minutes before the start of the fire. Family members do not believe that the fire was accidental.

On site, the climate is powerless. "He killed her, we tried to help her drop it but we could not," said the niece of the victim, Carolline Martins Victor, 23 years old. "He was possessive and jealous, she suffered a lot, we talked to her a number of times to get out of this situation," she says. The family member thinks that the situation could have been avoided. "My aunt was a very good person, we were very close, she should not have been there," he laments.

Veiguima was retired due to disability by the DF Education Department. She had been married to José Silva for 10 years. Families point out that the couple's antecedents at that time were fights. "He was badaulting her, my mother had already complained once, but she fell asleep and withdrawn," says the victim's daughter, Raquel Martins Fagundes.