Thiago Souto, 21, who stabbed his ex-girlfriend Joana Nascimento in the throat with a razor near the building where he lived in Lagoa, will be awaiting trial in pre-trial detention. cm. The decision was made by a Portimão court judge after the judicial police arrested a suspect charged with aggravated murder.
A few days later, a 26-year-old man died in the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon due to a generalized infection.
The crime took place on the morning of June 15. Joana was in her car when she was attacked by Thiago Souto, who did not accept the end of a love relationship.
How cm it has already been reported that even the wounded victim managed to escape by car and seek help from a trader two kilometers from the place where she was rescued by the INEM team. She was taken to the Portimão hospital where she was treated in the emergency room. Among the paramedics who assisted her was Diana Pereira, an intern who became famous for exposing eleven cases of medical malpractice (see box). The injury was recognized as mild, and on the same day the girl was discharged. However, in the following days, she developed shortness of breath and returned to the Portimão hospital, where an infection was found in her trachea, after which she was transported by helicopter to the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon, where she underwent surgery. but eventually died of a generalized infection.
In accordance with cm As it turned out, the SP investigators were waiting for the results of the autopsy of the kindergarten teacher. The forensic medical examination confirmed that the generalized infection that caused his death was caused by the aggressive actions he had endured. With this important information in hand, the Portimão State Ministry issued an arrest warrant, which was executed by the SP. Thiago Souto was arrested on suspicion of involvement in aggravated murder. He will await trial on remand.