May 17, 2009
Prison for Killing/Dismembering 17-Year-Old Girlfriend (Updated)
(Goiania, Brazil) Police ultimately found all the parts of Cara Maria Burke while her boyfriend, Mohamed D'Ali Carvalho dos Santos, now 21, was prosecuted and convicted by a jury of first-degree murder.
On Thursday, Judge Alcantara sentenced Carvalho dos Santos to 21 years in prison.
The defense lawyer for Carvalho dos Santos said he may be eligible for release after eight years.
Boyfriend Mohamed, 20, Butchers Girlfriend Cara, 17, in Brazil
[Previous 8/1/08 post]
(Goiania, Brazil) Police found the torso of 17-year-old Cara Marie Burke in a suitcase and are looking for the arms, legs and head. Her boyfriend, 20-year-old Mohamed D'Ali Carvalho dos Santos admitted killing Cara and even documented it on cell phone images.
The secretariat for public security in Goias state said Carvalho dos Santos and Burke were believed to have been living together in Goiania for several months.Just like the Taliban, eh? Lovely."The crime has signs of premeditation: Mohamed Ali called Cara to his apartment, put the music on high volume and killed her with knife blows. He then took her body to the bathroom and then he went off to a party," it said.
"It was only the following day he dismembered the girl's body. He took various photos of the chopped-up body with his cellphone's camera, including photos like those of the Taliban, where the decapitated head is placed on top of the body," it said.
