Brazilian man, 56, is arrested by cops for the 'murder of his 15-year-old girlfriend'

A 56-year-old man has been arrested for nan alleged execution of his 15-year-old girlfriend, authorities successful nan northeastern Brazilian metropolis of Monteiro announced.

Gilson Cruz is suspected of shooting Maria dos Santos during an statement astatine his location connected Sunday and instantly fleeing nan authorities of Paraiba.

However, authorities were capable to way nan activity of his conveyance done postulation cameras and apprehend him 187 miles distant successful Caruaru, a metropolis successful nan adjacent authorities of Pernambuco.

Paraiba Civil Police detective, Savio Siqueira, told Brazilian news outlet G1 that Cruz and dos Santos were drinking erstwhile he fired his limb astatine her.

'He changeable much than once,' he said. 'He made judge he really deed her successful a way. That location was nary measurement she could survive.'

The teen's mother, Maria Lucia dos Santos, told rule enforcement investigators that Cruz first met her girl almost 2 years agone aft he hired her to activity astatine his bakery.

She told constabulary that she recovered retired that Cruz was allegedly having activity pinch nan insignificant aft he moved her into his home.

The family was alert that Cruz allegedly physically abused Maria dos Santos and reported nan incident to nan police, but Siqueira said that authorities didn't person immoderate incident reports connected file.

G1 obtained a transcript of nan audio of a connection sent by nan teen to her mother successful which she claimed Cruz deed her successful nan look pinch a gun.

'He's tried to do a batch of things to me, right? Like, he threw a weapon astatine my face, blew my caput off, past I had to spell to nan emergency room and get stitches, a batch of things,' Maria dos Santos said.

The teen, however, didn't telephone nan constabulary because she was acrophobic of nan repercussions.

'But I ne'er had nan courageousness to study him. Like, you know, nan courageousness to wounded him and my parents, you know?' dos Santos said successful nan audio.

Maria Lucia dos Santos told TV Paraíba that she was readying connected walking from her location successful São Paulo to return her girl back.

'She wanted to get out. she tried. She studied astatine 1 schoolhouse each day, and past went to another. And she couldn't, because he was messing everything up,' she said. 

'There were times erstwhile she couldn't talk because she was afraid, I could show she was acrophobic during nan telephone call.'

Maria Lucia dos Santos said that Cruz often collapsed her daughter's compartment phones and she erstwhile spotted wound marks connected her daughter's hands.

She said that Cruz would often telephone her via video while he was pinch her girl successful bed.

'He didn't respect me, he would make video calls truthful I could spot him pinch her successful bed, and past I would bent up,' Maria Lucia dos Santos said. 'She said he was nan 1 who forced maine to spot each of this. He did this to destruct us.'