Man who killed his wife by hanging with a cable is sentenced to 28 years and four months in prison in Itapetininga

Emerson Vitoriano Pereira was convicted by the Jury Court of intentional femicide, with the qualification of ill motive. During the trial, the defense claimed that the defendant acted in self-defense and denied that he had strangled and pushed the victim.

Emerson confessed, even on the date of the crime, that he killed Natália Stéfanny Carneiro Domingues, aged 28. The police were called following an anonymous tip and, upon arriving at their home, they found the garage door open.

At the time, TV TEM found that the couple had been together for nine years and had a five-year-old daughter. Natália's family stated that she had been trying to divorce Emerson for about a year.

"A year ago she was trying to separate from him and this week, when the contract for the house expired, everyone would go their separate ways. Today a five-year-old child ended up losing her father and mother. And we haven't even had the chance to tell her and we don't know how to tell her", lamented the aunt.