Luiz Fellipe case: see what is known about the death of a boy punished by his stepfather with wooden blows | Campinas and Region

The stepfather, Cirilo Abel Barreto, was arrested in the act and admitted to having given the teenager “a correction”. The Civil Police are investigating the hypothesis that the crime was motivated by homophobiasince Luiz Fellipe had a habit of playing with dolls.

According to the Civil Police, the mother, upon arriving at the residence, saw her son injured after being attacked during the physical punishment session and sought help at the Hospital Beneficente Sagrado Coração de Jesus, but the teenager arrived at the unit dead.

“According to the doctor who treated the child, the boy felt ill at home, with shortness of breath and weakness. The 12-year-old boy was already dead when he arrived at the hospital, according to the doctor who contacted the GCM”, highlighted the city hall.

According to Monte Mor city hall, after the death was confirmed, the teenager’s body was sent to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Americana (SP) to carry out the necroscopic examination.

According to the municipality’s Security Secretariat, the stepfather confirmed that he “gave the child some correction”, forcing the teenager to doing squats and hitting him with a wooden slat one more time.

“The information was provided by the stepfather himself, who stated that the child was forced, as a corrective to a disrespectful attitude, to perform squats and, for acting with ‘grace and mocking’ what was happening, he was attacked with a wooden slat. , with a blow to the leg, which was repeated more than once”, said the ministry.

g1 did not locate the suspect’s defense.

“It’s very sad that you lose a teenager like this, who never spoke loudly, never had any bad words. He was a respectful student and liked to play. He was a boy who, at his age, played with dolls and it was one of the things he liked to do. […] He was passionate about life, she liked to live his way, in his individuality, that was Luís”, says Antônio Gonçalves.

Still according to the professor, Luiz Fellipe had already expressed concern about the punishments applied by his stepfather. “He had his best friend and sometimes As teachers, we heard the phrase that his stepfather didn’t like himthat he suffered ear pulling, that if something happened at school and reached his stepfather’s ear he would suffer some scolding”, he says.

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In a note, the city hall reported that, in the last yearthe San Remo Municipal School, where Luiz Fellipe studied, formalized a request to the Specialized Support Sector of the Department of Education due to suspected child abuse.

“The professionals who received the request, together with the School Unit and the mother (responsible for the child), provided all necessary referrals, always following the service protocol, and, after technical evaluation, in June 2023, forwarded the issue specifically – also in a protocol form – to the Guardianship Council of Monte Mor”, points out the text.

The municipal administration says it views the student’s death with “deep sadness and a certain dismay”, and that there will be “full collaboration” from the city hall in relation to the investigation.

According to delegate Fernando Bueno, who is investigating the case, Luiz Fellipe’s mother was interviewed and now the Civil Police awaiting the results of necroscopic examinations to determine the cause of death It is extent of injuries provoked by the stepfather.

Furthermore, investigators must listen to people close to the family to understand the relationship between the suspect and his stepson. During her testimony, the teenager’s mother stated that This was the first time the boy was attacked.

“We are going to call other witnesses linked to their family ties, from the child’s family, to find out what this relationship between child and stepfather would be like, and everything surrounding that. Everything will be investigated, including this possibility of involving homophobia”, says Bueno.

Police will investigate homophobia in case of boy killed by his stepfather in Monte Mor (SP)