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Brazil
A run-of-the-mill, plain-vanilla, everyday pro-choicer is bad
enough. But when a pro-choicer is rich and famous and develops a
sense of entitlement, peoples very lives are in danger.
Fernandes das Dores de Souza (Bruno) was the star goalkeeper of
Flamengo, Brazils most
popular football team (Americans call this soccer), which was
followed by an estimated 33
million fans.
He was married, but, being pro-choice, this didnt stop him from
having plenty of
girlfriends on the side. In fact, he also participated in
orgies. In October 2009, one of his
girlfriends, Eliza Samudio, told him that she was pregnant by
him, a result of one of these orgies,so Souza decided to handle
things the pro-choice way, instead of facing responsibility for
his
actions. He kidnapped Eliza, assaulted her, and forced her to
take abortifacient drugs in an
attempt to kill her child. Fortunately, her preborn child
survived, and she gave birth in February2010. She reported Souza to
police, and they arrested him. In December 2010, Souza wasconvicted
of private imprisonment, bodily harm, and illegal constraint, and
was sentenced to 54
months in prison.
In his ruling, Judge Marco Couto publicly shamed and denounced
Souza, saying that
having met the victim at a particular event [an orgy] and opting
for
irresponsible sex, it was not proper for him to carry out the
role he played upon
learning of the pregnancy of the victim. To his cowardice, then,
a proper penal
response is imposed. It is true that the accused has does not
have [a record of]
previous offenses. But his personality, based on what we have
seen, revealed
itself to be criminal.
But Souza had his revenge. He certainly did.
After Eliza gave birth to her child, she pressured Souza for a
DNA-based paternity test in
May 2010. Then, the following month, she simply vanished from
the face of the earth. Souza,with the assistance of his wife and
family member, took Eliza to his home in the State of Minas
Garais, where the held her against her will. Then one of Souzas
friends strangled her. Then
Souza and his friends chopped up her body, buried part of it
under concrete, and fed the rest to his
Rottweilers.Elizas four-month-old son was found alive in the
house of strangers living nearby in the
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town.
During the following police investigation, detectives found
blood belonging to Eliza in
Souzas car. They charged Souza with Elizas murder. The lead
investigator on the case, Edson
Moreira, said that Bruno is the intellectual mastermind and
material author of the crime. He
actively participated in the execution of the crime. 1
Endnotes
1) Alexei Barrionuevo. Brazilian Goalie is Charged in Ex-Lovers
Killing. The New
York Times, July 30, 2010; Matthew Cullinan Hoffman. Brazilian
Soccer Star Sentenced to
Four Years in Prison for Attempting Forced Abortion on
Girlfriend. LifeSite News,
December 7, 2010.
(updated May 29, 2011)
Please send comments, questions or reports of violence to:
Brian Clowes, PhD
Human Life International
4 Family Life Lane
Front Royal, VA 22630
1-800-549-LIFE
bclowes at hli dot org
