Brazilian couple arrested for murdering woman and taking baby from her womb

Published on 24 Oct 2017 1:31:08 PM

Brazilian police have arrested a couple after they were accused of strangling a pregnant woman and performing an improvised caesarean section to cut her unborn child from her womb. Alex da Silva Carvalho, 18, and Joelma Queila Santana da Silva, 22, allegedly knew the 20-year-old victim and lured her to a remote area to carry out the murder and abduction.