Elyne case: Body of doctor shot to death is laid to rest in Acre

The body of doctor Elyne de Assis Nogueira, 39 years old, shot dead inside a bar in the city in the interior of the state this Monday (2), is laid to rest in the municipality of Brasiléia. The funeral takes place at the MCBI Church in the municipality.

The body returned to the interior of the state in the early evening of Tuesday (3) after undergoing an autopsy at the Legal Medical Institute (IML) in the capital Rio Branco.

Family, friends and authorities were already waiting to say goodbye to the woman, who was well known for her work in health units in the region.

Burial information has not yet been released. People close to the victim reported that her relatives are still awaited.

The attorney for the municipality of Brasiléia, former councilor and lawyer Francisco Valadares Neto is suspected of having the doctor killed. The victim had two protective measures against Francisco, who is her ex-boyfriend and wore an electronic ankle bracelet.

On Tuesday morning (3), he was taken to the Alto Acre Regional Hospital after being found unconscious at home. The man was intubated and transferred to Rio Branco in an ambulance from the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu).

The Civil Police confirmed to g1 his possible recent participation in planning the crime, investigated as feminicide. Francisco already has a history of convictions for domestic violence against the city's former mayor, Fernanda Hassem, with whom he had a relationship.

To g1, delegate Erick Maciel, responsible for the investigation, said that the main line of investigation considers the history of violence in the relationship between Francisco and Elyne. The doctor had two protective measures against her ex-partner and had already reported threats and non-compliance with the court decision.

The Public Ministry of Acre (MP-AC) twice asked the Court for the arrest of Francisco Valadares Neto for failing to comply with a protective measure against the doctor.

The information was confirmed to g1 by the agency's press office. The report contacted the Acre Court of Justice (TJ-AC) and, until the last update of this text, had not received a response.

Francisco Valadares Neto was also known for a case of domestic violence involving the former mayor of Brasileia Fernanda Hassem.

In November 2017, the Acre Court convicted the lawyer for threatening to kill the then councilor, who was his former partner. The decision determined that he would act in ten cases without receiving remuneration as a way of serving his sentence.

The case occurred in 2015 when Francisco worked as a lawyer and Fernanda was a councilor in the municipality. According to the court decision at the time, he allegedly cursed and threatened his ex-partner with death for not accepting the end of the relationship. The conviction was for the crime of threat in the context of domestic violence.