Jaminus Quedaros de Aquino was sentenced to 57 years and one month in prison for shooting his ex-wife Suellen Rodrigues to death in front of his children, aged 10 and 7. Suellen was killed while dropping her children off at school. The former civil police officer had already been sentenced, in 2025, to 35 years in prison for torturing his children.
The murder was recorded in 2022, in Curitiba. After killing Suellen, Jaminus fled and surrendered to the police after four days. He has been in prison ever since.
The trial began on Tuesday morning (13), at the Curitiba Jury Court, and ended in the early hours of this Thursday (15). The defendant was convicted of qualified homicide, with the following qualifications: feminicide, base motive, means that resulted in common danger and resource that made the victim's defense difficult.
In 2024, Law No. 14,994 made feminicide an independent crime in the Penal Code and increased the minimum penalty. Previously, feminicide was considered a qualifier for the crime of homicide. For cases prior to the law, the framework continues to be a qualifier.
Speaking to g1 Paraná, lawyer Jackson William Bahls, who represents the victim's family, stated that the sentence was "fair retribution for the cruelty and cowardice of this crime."
g1 also contacted the defense of Jaminus Quedaros de Aquino, but there was no response until the last update of this report.
Suellen Helena Rodrigues, 29 years old at the time, was shot to death on October 31, 2022, in front of the Professora Donatilla Caron dos Anjos Municipal School, in the Uberaba neighborhood, in Curitiba.
The victim was leaving her two children, aged 10 and 7, for the first day of school, when she was surprised by the suspect. Security camera footage captured the moment the man ran up, spoke briefly to Suellen and shot her. The children witnessed the crime.
Suellen died at the scene and her children were taken in by the Guardianship Council and sent to the care of family members.
During the investigations, the police discovered that Suellen lived in Prudentópolis and moved to Curitiba to escape threats from her ex-husband. She had already reported Jaminus for threats, domestic violence and failure to comply with an urgent protective measure.
Audio and text messages sent by her before she was murdered reveal Suellen's fear of her ex-partner. In an audio, Suellen reported, crying, a fight between the two. At the time, she already had the protective measure and complaints against Jaminus. In another message, Suellen said that the suspect would not leave her alone. "He's very upset, he's going to do something to me, I feel it."
The defendant, former police officer Jaminus Quedaros de Aquino, worked as a lawyer at the time and had his professional registration suspended. According to the Civil Police, at the time of the crime, Jaminus had already lost the right to carry a weapon due to a protective measure taken against him.
The RPC had access to a preventive arrest warrant against Jaminus, issued by the Prudentópolis Criminal Court days before the crime. Jaminus' arrest was ordered for threats, domestic violence and failure to comply with an urgent protective measure.
At the time, the Civil Police said that the execution of the warrant against him was "hindered" by the electoral rule that prohibits the arrest or detention of voters in the period close to the voting date. The Electoral Code provides for temporary sealing of prisons, starting five days before the vote and ending 48 hours after the election.
Suellen's case inspired Bill No. 2,959, of 2022, which is being processed in the Chamber of Deputies. The project, authored by then federal deputy Tereza Nelma (PSDB), proposes changing the Electoral Code to allow the arrest or detention of anyone who commits domestic and family violence against women, even during the period of restriction on prisons.
Speaking to g1 Paraná, lawyer Jackson William Bahls, assistant prosecutor and representative of the victim's family, stated that the sentence was "fair retribution" for the crime. "Yesterday was the day to bring Jaminus to justice, someone he didn't know. Curitiba society took charge of this, condemned Jaminus and the sentence handed down by judge Michele Pacheco Cintra Stadler, worthy of a book chapter, sentenced him to 57 years and one month in a closed regime."
