A five-year-old girl was found dead in a cardboard box as her stepfather confessed to raping and strangling her to death.
The body of Maria Clara Calixto Nascimento was found on a plot of land near her home in Hortolandia on December 18.
According to the Civil Police, her stepfather Cassio Martins Camilo has confessed to raping and strangling the child after he was arrested.
Her body showed signs of strangulation as well as indications of sexual abuse.
According to the chief delegate of Hortolândia, João Jorge Ferreira da Silva, experts collected DNA on the girls body that identified Camilo as the perpetrator.
Camilo was reportedly also convicted of rape in 2018, with the alleged victim his stepdaughter from his previous marriage.
According to Maria Clara's grandmother, Camilo had been in a relationship with her daughter for just over a year.
Girl, 5, raped, strangled and dumped in a cardboard box 'by evil stepdad'
A FIVE-year-old girl was found dead in a cardboard box as her stepfather confessed to raping and strangling her to death. The body of Maria Clara Calixto Nascimento was found on a plot of land near…
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