Mother kills child during custody war: “I killed the devil, he was right there,” she screamed after killing the boy.

Early on Monday mornings, and apparently during a psychotic break, Luana repeatedly stabbed her son. He killed him and called Claytinho to tell him what he had done. It was a desperate father who warned the GNR about Vila Nova de Santo André in Santiago do Casem.

“I killed the devil. The devil was there. Satan, Satan,” Luana shouted at the door of the house, despite the distrust of the neighbors.

The description of what happened is a horror story. Neighbors heard Isaac’s screams all night, but then there was about two hours of silence. “Quiet. Don’t move,” were the first words heard by the neighbor. The NPR soldiers were already trying to arrest the woman they found with knives in her hand. She was bloody, her son Isaac was dead next to her. But Luana was never shocked by the death “He even seemed confident because he stopped what he said was evil. It was six in the morning when the military tried to put him in a patrol car. She delivered a rambling speech and was not shocked by her son. He seemed completely absent and did not realize what he had done.

“He said he had severe headaches. He talked about God and the devil and said he was going home with the boy. She looked upset, but I never thought that it could harm the baby,” says a neighbor who saw her in a cafe late Sunday night, where she went to buy soup for both of them for dinner.

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transferred to a legal entity
Luana Silva is currently employed by the Judicial Police of Setúbal. After the NPR soldiers made an arrest at the scene of the crime, the woman was handed over to the judicial authorities, who will take over the investigation. The inspectors carried out inspections on the spot, and they are the ones who will sue her.

risk 25 years
The woman is due to be heard on Tuesday at the first judicial examination in the Court of Setúbal. He is responsible for aggravated murder and risks getting 25 years in prison. He must also be subjected to any psychiatric examination.

Third mother to kill a child this year
Isaac is the third child killed by his mother this year. In March, Jucelina killed 3-year-old Gianna in Porto Covo, and in July, a newborn was abandoned in a dumpster in Mealhada.

She often took her son to play outside.
It was normal for the neighbors to see little Isaac in a stroller. The mother took advantage of the sunny days that often happen in Santo André so that the child could play outside and socialize with other boys of his age. The joy of the child was constant.

An autopsy will be decisive
An autopsy will determine the cause of Isaac’s death. The forensic examination must be carried out during the day of this Tuesday, and only then will the funeral take place. At parting with an almost two-year-old boy, the father should be present.

“Said I need a psychologist”
Luana told the neighbor that she needed a psychologist. Last Saturday, he even asked her to stay with Isaac during the day so that he could go to a meeting. “He went to the clinic to ask for help, but he told me that they could only find him a psychiatrist. She just told me she needed to talk. That he is unwell, ”says a neighbor.

What happened next, no one knows for sure. It’s just that Luana has always been inclined towards spiritualism and often said that she hears spirits in her head. The young woman was also admitted to a psychiatric clinic in Lisbon and was still worried about finding a school for her son so she could work.

“They were starving. She was desperate, she felt lost,” continues another friend, Philomena Reis, who emphasizes the mother’s love for the boy. “There is no doubt about that. But only she can say what led her to kill her son.”

The terrible crime left no one indifferent, but surprised most people who know Luana Silva.

“I worked with her and she was a gem of a person”
The crime shocked people who know the family, such as Patricia Rosa: “I worked with her in the supermarket and she was a gem. I also worked with her husband and she was a wonderful person. She was a mother who cared and loved her. son a lot.