Duque de Caxias police arrest 2 after newborn is smothered
Civil police in Duque de Caxias arrested a couple on July 26, 2026, in the Jardim Primavera neighborhood of Baixada Fluminense after the parents murdered their own newborn son following a clandestine home birth. The violent crime came to light only when the young mother sought urgent medical assistance at a nearby hospital due to severe physical complications arising from the unattended labor.
Hospital staff alert military police after home delivery admission
The fatal outcome emerged after the 22-year-old mother walked into Hospital Municipalizado Adão Pereira Nunes because she felt seriously ill following the delivery in her residence. Healthcare professionals at the triage unit grew suspicious of her physical condition, pressed her on the exact location of the infant, and immediately dispatched a call to the military police. Family members then rushed back to the couple’s house, located the newborn’s body inside an isolated back room, and delivered the remains to the hospital facility.
Father details suffocation of crying infant in police confession
The young couple had concealed the pregnancy from all friends and relatives, who only learned about the child when maternal hemorrhaging required hospitalization. Both suspects remain detained. During formal questioning conducted by Polícia Civil agents, the father confessed that the baby boy entered the world alive and weeping, prompting the mother to grasp the infant’s neck and push an article of clothing hard against his face until he ceased breathing before wrapping the corpse inside a tied plastic bag left in the rear room. Detectives confirmed that the primary motive behind the infanticide was that neither parent wanted the newborn child in their lives.
Investigators charge couple with qualified homicide over unwanted pregnancy
Civil police detectives officially charged both parents in flagrante with qualified homicide at the 60th DP in Campos Elíseos, keeping the mother under strict custody in stable clinical condition while Duque de Caxias municipal officials confirmed that hospital physicians completed a placental removal procedure without further complications.
