Brazilian woman allegedly killed, dismembered and canibalized her 5-year-old daughter during a gruesome murder on Sunday

Josimare Gomes da Silva, 30, was arrested Sunday at her home in the town of Sao Cristovao after the girl’s grandfather broke into the bathroom and discovered the horrifying scene

da Silva’s father found her praying in a daze as his lifeless granddaughter lay beside her

The killer mom gave police an incoherent statement the following morning in a number of languages including Spanish

Josimare Gomes da Silva reportedly, began dismembering her five-year-old daughter Brenda with a pair off scissors while she was still alive

She gouged out her daughter’s eyes and put her chopped tongue in her own mouth

da Silva who is known to suffer from mental health issues including depression, is believed to have carried out the attack during a psychotic episode

A Brazilian woman allegedly killed her 5-year-old daughter during a gruesome psychotic episode in which she gouged out the girl’s eyes before cutting out her tongue and eating it, according to a report.
Josimare Gomes da Silva, 30, was arrested Sunday at her home in the town of Sao Cristovao after the girl’s grandfather broke into the bathroom and discovered the horrifying scene, Newsflash reported.
He had noticed blood running from an outside drain after da Silva locked herself up inside the bathroom with her daughter, Brenda Carollyne Pereira da Silva, according to the report.

The grandfather found the mother praying in a daze as the lifeless girl lay beside her.
Investigators said the unhinged mother began dismembering her five-year-old daughter Brenda with a pair off scissors while she was still alive, according to Newsflash.
She reportedly denied gouging out her daughter’s eyes and putting the tongue she chopped off in her own mouth.
Da Silva gave police a garbled statement the following morning in a number of languages including Spanish. During the incoherent statement, she is said to have denied gouging out her daughter’s eyes and putting her daughter’s amputated tongue in her own mouth.

Josimare da Silva who is known to suffer from mental health issues including depression, is believed to have carried out the attack during a psychotic episode.
She was being 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.