According to a report, a Brazilian woman is said to have killed her 5-year-old daughter during a horrifying psychotic episode in which she gouges out the girl’s eyes before slitting and eating her tongue.
Josimare Gomes da Silva, 30, was arrested Sunday at her home in the city of Sao Cristovao after the girl’s grandfather broke into the bathroom and discovered the gruesome scene, Newsflash reported.
According to the report, he had seen blood flow out of a drain after da Silva locked herself in the bathroom with her daughter, Brenda Carollyne Pereira da Silva.
The grandfather found the mother in astonishment as the lifeless girl lay next to her.
Investigators said the unhinged mother attacked Brenda with scissors while she was still alive, Newsflash said.
Da Silva made a mutilated statement the next morning in a number of languages, including Spanish.
She allegedly denied sticking out her daughter’s eyes and putting her chopped tongue in her own mouth.
The woman, who is known to have mental health problems, including depression, is believed to have carried out the attack during a psychotic episode.
She was held at a police station in Delmiro Gouveia and will be transferred to a women’s prison in the state capital of Maceio during the investigation.