Sister Nadia, 82, Was Raped Before Being Murdered
The final police report concluded that the suspect will be charged not only with homicide but also with rape, based on forensic findings. Sister Nadia was found partially naked and showed signs of extreme physical aggression. She was beaten to death with a piece of wood.
Sister Nadia belonged to the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic order. The order called the crime an “act of unjustifiable violence.”
The state of Paraná is home to one of the largest Ukrainian diasporas in Latin America. Almost half of the population of Ivaí can trace their heritage back to Ukrainian immigrants who started settling in southern Brazil in the late 19. century.
The suspect was arrested shortly after the crime by military police. He told the police that he had been under the influence of crack cocaine and alcohol and claimed he was “hearing voices” at the time of the attack.
The level of brutality described in the forensic findings does not align with the suggestion that this was merely a drug-induced episode.
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