Wake up, prepare coffee and wait for your daughter to start another day. This is the routine of Regi Carlos Wolter, father of doctor Elyne de Assis Nogueira, aged 39, who was shot dead in Brasiléia, in the interior of Acre, on November 2nd.
In an exclusive interview with Rede Amazônica Acre, Regi spoke about the longing, the feeling of impotence and the expectation that everyone involved in the crime will be held accountable. "I wake up early and wait for her to open the door to have coffee with me and go to work", he says.
👉 Context: Elyne was celebrating and was in a bar with friends when she was shot by a man who fled after the crime. The attorney for the municipality of Brasiléia, former councilor and lawyer Francisco Valadares Neto is suspected of having her killed. The woman had two protective measures against Francisco, who was wearing an electronic ankle bracelet. Valadares and two other people remain in prison for their alleged involvement in the case.
Also according to Elyne's father, the family was already worried about the doctor's safety because of the history of threats from the man, with whom she went out to dinner only once, according to family members. The father said he tried to accompany his daughter on trips to avoid her being alone.
"She was very worried about the latest events. But we were very attentive. I took care of her, I didn't let her walk alone anymore. Wherever she went, I went with her because we already knew about his history, but we never, ever, imagined it would get to this point", he declares.
Regi Wolter, Elyne's father, described his mourning routine and demanded accountability from those involved — Photo: Reproduction/Rede Amazônica Acre and personal archive
During the interview, Regi also questioned the effectiveness of the protection mechanisms available to women who suffer threats. Elyne had two protective measures against her ex-partner and even pressed the panic button moments before she was killed, according to the Military Police.
Data provided to g1 by the Institute of Penitentiary Administration of Acre (Iapen-AC) shows that Acre has 291 active aggressors in the electronic monitoring system and 160 women victims of violence who use the panic button against threats.
"It's a feeling of impotence. We rely on the bodies, on the laws that already exist, which are ineffective, and when we need it most we don't have that support", he criticizes.
Family believes in Justice
Doctor Elyne de Assis Nogueira, aged 39, was shot dead in Brasiléia — Photo: Personal archive
Despite criticism of the system responsible for assisting victims of violence, Regi states that he continues to believe in justice and hopes that the case is treated carefully so that those responsible do not go unpunished.
"We don't want justice into our own hands and we don't even consider it, but we want the justice of men to be done and, certainly, the justice of God", he adds.
Murder was planned for two months, judge says
According to investigations, lawyer Francisco Valadares Neto, the victim's ex-boyfriend, would have looked for an intermediary, responsible for hiring the person who carried out the murder.
According to a decision by judge José Leite de Paula Neto, from the Brasiléia Criminal Court, the murder had begun to be planned at least two months before the execution. According to the magistrate, the elements gathered in the process indicate that the crime had been planned since September.
Francisco Valadares Neto had been planning the death of Elyne Assis de Nogueira since September, says Judge — Photo: Reproduction
The records also analyzed defense requests for the suspect to be transferred to a private psychiatric clinic in João Pessoa, Paraíba, where his mother lives, or to remain in a single room at Hospital Santa Juliana, in Rio Branco.
The judge, however, ordered that he remain in the Francisco de Oliveira Conde Penitentiary Complex (FOC), in the capital of Acre, where he must receive medical follow-up. After the murder, Francisco was hospitalized twice, after taking a large amount of medication.
