Brazilian mother charged with murdering her three-year-old son who was 'choked and beaten'

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Authorities in São Paulo, Brazil charged a 37-year-old mother with murdering her three-year-old son before she tried to kill herself.

State prosecutor Neudival Mascarehna formally accused Andréia Freitas on Thursday with intentional homicide.

It's alleged that on May 10, the mother-of-two was at home with her youngest son, Gael de Farias, when she beat him to death, according to Brazilian news outlet Extra Globo.

Freitas was briefly hospitalized at Mandaqui Hospital and then arrested May 11 after the police took her testimony.

Mascarehna also ordered a full mental evaluation of Freitas, who has been placed in pre-trial detention.

Paramedics rushed an unresponsive de Farias to a Santa Casa Hospital, where doctors attempted to save his life for half hour before declaring him dead. Doctors who treated the child said he suffered trauma and a fractured skull.

The police report indicated that Freitas had marks on her arms, which suggested that de Farias attempted to defend himself while his mother beat him.

Her lawyer Fabio Costa told newspaper Folha Agora that the mother learned of her son's death while she was in jail.

Costa added that Freitas had undergone a psychiatric assessment in February 2012 and was diagnosed with 'bipolar affective disorder with manic episodes and psychotic symptoms.'

Mother, 37, charged with murdering her son, 3, in Brazil

Andréia Freitas was charged Thursday with the May 10 intentional homicide of her three-year-old son, Gael de Farias, in São Paulo, Brazil.

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[Sejanus]

Shouldn't have wasted time treating her.

 

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Mother, 37, charged with murdering her son, 3, in Brazil

Andréia Freitas was charged Thursday with the May 10 intentional homicide of her three-year-old son, Gael de Farias, in São Paulo, Brazil.

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[Brillig]

State prosecutor Neudival Mascarehna...

Neudival? There's a name I've never heard before.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

She needs to be found dead in the jungle in only flip flops with a tree limb shoved up her ass.