The seven-months-pregnant mother, 24, is found dead with her uterus cut out during a “macabre ritual” in Brazil
- The mutilated body of Ohana Karolin, 24, was found by a passerby in Brazil
- Her body had been cut out in the horror murder in the state of Sao Paolo
- Police said a “macabre sacrificial ritual” may have taken place
A pregnant woman was found butchered in Brazil with mutilated genitals and a ruptured stomach in what police say was ritual murder.
Ohana Karolin, 24, a mother of three from the community of Mogi Guacu in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, was seven months pregnant with her fourth child when she was killed on Wednesday.
Passers-by saw her mutilated body with her uterus cut out in Portal dos Lagos and alerted the police, an area surrounded by evangelical churches of various denominations.
In Brazil, a pregnant woman was found butchered with her stomach ruptured in what police say may have been ritual murder
Police found the body of 24-year-old Ohana Karolin, who was reportedly seven months pregnant, in Mogi Guacu township
The mother was wearing only a T-shirt, and officers discovered shorts, a pair of flip-flops and several coins lying next to her mutilated body.
Investigators said a “macabre ritual” in which the woman was “sacrificed” was one of their lines of investigation.
They immediately called her ex-husband, the father of her children, to identify the body after her body was found.
Police are also investigating whether a partner or friend may have been behind the brutal murder.
A friend told local news site UOL: “She met kind of a tough bond. I even distanced myself from her a bit because of it.
“But I don’t know what happened. She was really nice, she wasn’t having a bad time. Everyone liked her.’
In Portal dos Lagos, open-air services and vigils are held regularly in the devout Catholic country.
She was wearing just a T-shirt when officers discovered shorts, a pair of flip-flops and several coins next to her mutilated body
Investigators said a “macabre ritual” in which the woman was “sacrificed” was one of their lines of inquiry
Meanwhile, one of her friends claimed she saw Ohana in a black car around midnight on the day of the crime.
Other witnesses confirmed that they had seen what appeared to be the same vehicle near the crime scene around 3 a.m. that same day.
The police initiated investigations into the incident and is waiting for a further analysis by the Forensic Medicine Institute and the Institute for Criminalistics.
The crime was registered as a murder at the Mogi Guacu General Investigation Police Station.