'Evasive' messages caught the attention of parents who traveled to Paraná and found their daughter in private prison, says delegate

The parents who discovered that their 19-year-old daughter was in a private prison in Ponta Grossa, in Campos Gerais do Paraná, decided to travel more than 500 km, by surprise, after being suspicious of messages from the young woman. According to delegate Claudia Kruger, from the Civil Police (PC-PR), the couple realized that communication with her was evasive.

"The family became suspicious of the way she communicated in an evasive manner, without many details and, above all, without showing her face on video calls," said the delegate.

After identifying the address of their daughter's boyfriend, on Wednesday (21), the parents called a team from the Municipal Guard, went to the scene and found their daughter with several injuries resulting from attacks. The 19-year-old man was charged with the crimes of false imprisonment and bodily harm against a woman.

The boyfriend's name was not officially released so that the victim could not be identified. He had his arrest converted into preventative arrest.

The woman was kept in the apartment for almost two weeks. Her parents found her with bruises on her face, head and arms.

"After receiving assistance from the team, the victim reported that she had been prevented from leaving the residence for approximately two weeks. According to her report, during this period, she had suffered repeated physical attacks, including punches, slaps, kicks and blows with a broomstick. She also stated that she had been hanged with her hands and had lost consciousness after blows to the head", reported the Municipal Guard.

After the rescue, the investigation confirmed that the messages were sent from her boyfriend's cell phone, as he had broken her device.

Delegate Claudia Kruger adds that, to the police, the young woman also told that she had been in a relationship with the attacker for a few months and that she was kept in prison after being attacked during a jealous crisis.

"Due to the bodily injuries she presented, the attacker said that he could not let her leave because it could harm him, that people would notice the injuries and he would be reported. In this context, he prevented this victim from making contact with her family or anyone else, and the messages she exchanged with her family were through his cell phone, considering that he damaged her cell phone."