A Brazilian father has killed his 4 kids with a pillow and a knife to allegedly get ‘revenge’ on their mom after she left him.
The our bodies of the victims — aged three, six, eight, and 11 — had been discovered within the suspect’s house in Alvorada, southern Brazil, on Tuesday.
Police arrested David da Silva Lemos, 28, in a lodge in neighbouring Porto Alegre early the subsequent day.
He advised police he had plied the kids with a ‘tea’ to pacify them, earlier than suffocating them with a pillow and stabbing them to loss of life.
David da Silva Lemos, pictured backside left, stabbed his 4 kids to loss of life on Tuesday, pictured, reportedly to get revenge on their mum, who just isn’t being pictured
The youngsters had been discovered lifeless in the home with stab wounds in the back and front in Alvorada round 7.30pm on Tuesday, when members of the family referred to as the police.
He was taken to the police station, the place he then exercised his proper to stay silent.
The victims’ maternal grandmother believes he killed the kids to get ‘revenge’ on their mom, from whom he had just lately cut up.
Idenise Martins da Silva advised native media: ‘He had already attacked my daughter.
‘Their relationship had ended for good, however he did it to get to my daughter — I am certain of it — within the worst manner potential. He’s a coward.’
The victims are pictured from left to proper: Donavan Antunes Lemos, 8, Yasmin Antunes Lemos, 11, Giovanna Antunes Lemos, 6, and Kimberlly Antunes Lemos, 3, and an unidentified lady pose in undated photograph
He had been given a restraining order after assaulting his companion main as much as the murders, native media confirmed.
Deputy Edimar Machado, answerable for the investigations, mentioned: ‘We may also attempt to analyse the mobile phone that he was seized with him to see if he had any circumstances on his mobile phone as regards to the crime, the threats he was making in opposition to the mom of the kids, to lift extra proof of his participation within the crime.’
Their father David da Silva Lemos, 28, was arrested on suspicion of getting killed the 4 kids in Alvorada, Brazil
Police say the couple had been collectively for 12 years however separated after Lemos assaulted his companion in September.
The 24-year-old sufferer had reported the incident to police and brought out a restraining order in opposition to him.
Kinfolk mentioned that on the time of the killings, the kids had been staying with their father and had been due to return to their mom within the coming days.
Police mentioned Lemos had despatched his ex-partner threatening messages shortly earlier than the time the killings are believed to have been carried out.
The victims have been named as — from youngest to eldest — Kimberlly, Giovanna, Donavan, and Yasmin Antunes Lemos.
