Mother-of-3 found butchered in 'macabre ritual' while pregnant with fourth child
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MOGI GUACO, SAO PAULO: A Brazilian pregnant woman became a part of a ritual sacrifice as her body was found slaughtered with her genitals mutilated and her stomach cut open, police said. Ohana Karolin, 24, was a mother-of-three and pregnant with her fourth child when she was killed on Wednesday, September 21. Karolin was a resident of the municipality of Mogi Guacu in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.
Passersby alerted the local authorities after they discovered her disfigured corpse with her womb ripped apart from her body in Portal dos Lagos, reported Daily Mail. The area is reportedly surrounded by evangelical churches of different denominations. A number of coins were found next to her mutilated body and she was wearing a pair of flip-flops and only a T-shirt. Police said they were looking into a theory that Karolin may have been sacrificed as part of some kind of a “macabre ritual.”
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Police also immediately informed her ex-husband about her death and called him to identify the body. They were trying to determine whether the victim’s boyfriend or partner played a role in her grisly killing. "She met a kind of tough gang. I even moved away from her a little bit because of that", a friend told local news site UOL. "But I don't know what happened. She was really nice, she didn't have a bad time. Everyone liked her."
Pregnant Brazilian mom found dead with womb cut out in ritual killing - had ties to 'tough gang.' https://t.co/XxnZPhjGaH #Ohana Karolin #Brazil pic.twitter.com/L39xEL6lg2
— Scallywagandvagabond (@ScallywagNYC) September 26, 2022
However, one of Karolin's friends claimed that on the day of the incident, she saw her inside a black car around midnight. Her friend's claim was further backed up by other witnesses who also confirmed seeing what appeared to be the same vehicle near the crime scene at around 3 am the same day. The police are conducting an investigation concerning the incident and are waiting for a follow-up analysis from the Legal Medical Institute and the Institute of Criminalistics. The incident was registered as a homicide at the Mogi Guacu General Investigations Police Station.
MEAWW previously reported that a pregnant woman was shot to death in a horrific incident just a day before her baby shower. The unfortunate incident occurred on Friday, September 16, after the boyfriend pulled out of a gas station, according to the authorities. According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, the woman was identified as Jennifer Hernandez and was just a month away from giving birth. KRTK reports that the Texas woman with her partner stopped at an intersection when a white sedan sped up behind them. The suspect with paper license plates and tinted windows fired multiple shots at the couple. Authorities said Hernandez was found shot to death in a car with her boyfriend in north Harris County. Hernandez, who was eight months pregnant, was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.