'I'm devastated', says mother of woman killed by her partner in the presence of her 4-year-old son

André Luiz Coimbra Oliveira, 33, was arrested after killing his partner, Nayara Carolina Justino dos Santos, 38.

Mother of Nayara Carolina Justino dos Santos, who was killed by her partner over the weekend in São Vicente (SP), Rita Maria Justino de Souza said this Monday (9) that she cannot believe that her daughter was murdered.

"I'm devastated. It feels like a tractor ran over me. Even now I can't believe that my daughter died. I'm waiting for her to arrive at any time, because she lived in São Vicente, so it gives the impression that she's there, that she's coming. It hasn't sunk in yet. It's been very difficult."

Nayara's body was buried on Sunday (8), in Franca (SP), where the family lives. The crime happened on Friday (6), in front of her 4-year-old son, who asked the building's doorman for help after his mother was stabbed.

"It was very tragic, it was very painful to know. I never thought that my daughters would die before me and, especially, in the brutal way it was. A person who ate at my table. I didn't expect that from him, I didn't expect it."

André Luiz Coimbra Oliveira, 33, was arrested and will be charged with feminicide. g1 tries to locate his defense.

Nayara was a nursing technician and moved to the coast of São Paulo in December 2024, because of a job opportunity from André. The two had been together for almost three years.

In addition to the boy, who witnessed the crime, she also had a 10-year-old daughter. The children are with their father, Nayara's ex-husband.

According to Nayara's family, she, her partner and her son would spend the weekend in Franca, because they had a wedding and a birthday party. Rita believes that her daughter planned to separate, but she thought that André would not accept the end of the relationship.

"As she was going to come here, for his family's wedding, and she decided to have a birthday party with her other son-in-law who was here, I think her things were already packed, she should have come and not come back, because she had a lot of suitcases. And since it was just her, the boy and him, she didn't need so much suitcase, he must have realized. And then, of course the person thought 'if she doesn't stay with me, she doesn't have anyone else'. Then he killed her. He killed her in front of my grandson. 4 years."

Surveillance cameras recorded the moment Nayara's son left the apartment alone during the early hours of Friday and looked for the building's doorman to ask for help.

The family lived on the 12th floor of a condominium located on Rua Coari, in Parque São Vicente, in São Vicente. André was found hours later and said he killed his partner after an argument.

The images first show André, his wife and her son, who was holding a dog, arriving at the apartment at 9:09 pm on Thursday (5). In the early hours of Friday, the images show the suspect leaving the property alone.

Shortly afterwards, the boy appeared in the building's hallway, but returned to the apartment. Then he went out again, got into the elevator and went down to the ground floor.

According to the police report, the child was without a shirt and had blood stains on his body when he met the doorman at the entrance to the building.

The boy gestured towards the apartment, indicating that the doorman should accompany him. When the man entered the property, he found the victim lying in the bedroom.

The video also shows the doorman leaving the apartment with the child after finding the woman's body and asking for help over the phone. At one point, the employee hugged the boy, trying to calm him down.