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Child homicide cases in São Paulo

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Recent reports from São Paulo highlight separate legal developments regarding the deaths of children involving their fathers. In August 2026, Breno de Souza Castro was arrested and placed in preventive detention after confessing to the suffocation and murder of his daughters, aged 3 and 5. The children's bodies were found in a car following Castro’s surrender to police. Investigators noted the motive may have been to punish the children's mother, a practice referred to as ‘vicariocide.’ Castro, who had been on parole for a previous robbery conviction, faces charges of double qualified homicide and domestic violence. In a separate legal conclusion, Ricardo Krause Esteves Najjar was sentenced to ~~over~~ 24 ~~years~~ years, 10 months, and 20 days in prison for the 2015 murder of his 4-year-old ~~daughter.~~ daughter, Sophia Kissajikian Cancio Najjar. The conviction followed a protracted legal process involving three jury trials and successful appeals by the Public ~~Ministry, which~~ Ministry. While a 2018 conviction was annulled and a 2023 trial initially classified the death as involuntary manslaughter, the prosecution successfully argued that necropsy reports proved the ~~child’s death by asphyxiation~~ child was asphyxiated with a plastic bag as an intentional act rather than a domestic accident. The court recognized aggravating factors, including the use of cruel means and the victim being under 14 years of age, and convicted Najjar of procedural fraud for attempting to mislead investigators.

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