Brazilian woman on her morning run was kidnapped by a man with a gun. To save her life, she agreed to "make love under a tree"

A crime that shocked the local area occurred in Bayia, northeastern Brazil. A 21-year-old woman was on her way to the gym early in the morning when she was suddenly kidnapped from behind by a man who pretended to be threatening with a gun. In order to save her life, the victim offered the suspect a place under a nearby tree, and was later sexually assaulted by the man. Local residents discovered the incident and helped send him to the hospital and called the police. The police arrested the suspect the next day.

"Asianet News" reported that the incident occurred in Barreiras, a city in the western state of Bahia, Brazil. At about 5:30 a.m. local time on October 29, the 21-year-old woman wearing a blue sportswear was walking on Rua Panama in the Sao Pedro district when a 27-year-old man suddenly accelerated and approached and touched the victim's private parts.

Surveillance footage showed that the murdered woman initially thought she was being robbed on the street, so she quickly took out her mobile phone from her bag and handed it over in order to save her life. Unexpectedly, the suspect put his hand into his clothes and pretended to have a pistol. He threatened to shoot the victim if she dared to scream or run away, forcing her to pretend they were a couple and walk calmly. Then, the murdered woman was worried that she might be brutally killed after being taken to a desolate place, so she offered to the suspect to stay under a nearby tree, and was then sexually assaulted by the suspect. Shortly after the incident, local residents found the victim in the woods and immediately sent her to the hospital for treatment and reported the incident to the police.

After receiving the report, the police launched a search. After reviewing the intersection surveillance images at the scene, they quickly identified the 27-year-old suspect Cassio da Silva Santos who lived near the building. The military police unit subsequently arrested him in the early morning of the next day (30th) and seized clothes at the scene that exactly matched those in the surveillance images.

At present, the suspect has been transferred to the custody of the Women's Police Department (DEAM), and the entire case is being tried and investigated by the judicial authorities.