A pregnant 16-year-old girl from Brazil was found buried with her baby cut from her womb after she was reportedly lured by a woman who offered her free clothes.
Local authorities revealed in a press conference on Mar. 14, 2025, that the victim, identified as Emilly Azevedo Sena, was nine months pregnant at the time of the incident. Civil Police Chief Caio Albuquerque of the city of Cuiabá said that the teenager has been missing since Mar. 12, 2025.
Pregnant Teen Found Buried in Backyard
The teen's body was discovered buried in the backyard of a home in the Jardim Florianopolis neighborhood the day after she was reported missing. Albuquerque added that authorities have since arrested a woman in connection with the crime.
The police chief added that the woman who was taken into custody admitted to having experienced a miscarriage six months before the crime. However, she claimed that she did not tell her husband or family about the unfortunate development and acted as if she was still pregnant, according to People.
Albuquerque said in an official statement that law enforcement authorities received a call from a local hospital on Mar. 13, 2025, when a woman arrived with her husband and a newborn baby that the woman was claiming was her own.
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Staff at the hospital later grew suspicious of the woman as they found that she showed no signs of a recent birth or pregnancy. Law enforcement officials later arrived at the hospital to investigate the matter, which resulted in them going to the couple's home and finding Sena's body.
The suspect in the case has been identified as 25-year-old Nataly Helen Martins Pereira, who has been charged with triple-qualified homicide. This refers to vile motives, cruel means, and means that made it impossible for the victim to defend herself, TooFab reported.
Cutting a Baby From the Mother's Womb
Additionally, officials charged the suspect with concealment of a corpse and registering someone else's birth as her own. Police also questioned the woman's husband, brother, and friend but they were all been released without being charged.
Albuquerque added that the investigation into the matter is still ongoing, noting that future charges are still possible. Authorities are also planning to have the suspect's other three kids undergo DNA tests to make sure that they are biologically hers.
Pereira reportedly lured Sena on the pretext of giving her some free baby clothes for her soon-to-be-born child. However, after the teenager was inside the home, the suspect allegedly attacked her, forcibly removing the infant from her womb, and strangling the victim to death, as per NDTV World.
