Facebook is making news in Brazil after a picture surfaced online this past Monday of a man who had murdered both his 19-year-old ex-wife and their eight-month-old son.
Odair José de Oliveira Santos, 36, of Maiquinique, a town and municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil, was a caretaker of the local city council.
According to Military police sources, Santos first phoned his house to speak with his former wife, Deborah Santos Lima, 19.
The substance of the conversation they had is not known, but apparently it did not go well—Santos left work and headed home.
This story now becomes an all-too familiar one—an angry husband seeks revenge on his wife for what can sometimes be the tiniest of reasons.
To summarize it for you: now running on his lizard brain only, Santos enters his family residence where a domestic quarrel immediately ensues.
The degree of violence between man and wife can be volatile. And, although the degree of violence and anger can sometimes a mystery, one thing is known for certain, it is exactly like the mercury inside a thermometer on a hot mid-summer morning—steadily rising as the seconds and minutes tick away.
It's also a fact that sometimes these domestic attacks are not deadly—however, for this particular case, it couldn't have been more brutal.
Upon Santos' arrival, his wife, Lima, ran into the family bathroom with her infant son—the husband, Santos, followed close behind and forced his way in by breaking the lock.
Santos only weapons were his bare hands and the concrete floor but that was enough. He began beating his teenage wife's skull against the rock-hard tile floor over and over until her pretty young body lay still and quiet.
Next, with his primate anger now accelerating rapidly and running full throttle, Santos turned to his beautiful young infant son, Erick de Oliveira Lima.
Raising the child's body high in the air, Santos began throwing him several times downward against the concrete.
After killing his wife and son the distraught man now had no one left to focus on—except himself.
Santos first attempted suicide by ingesting poison.
After killing his wife and son the distraught man now had no one left to focus on—except himself.
Santos first attempted suicide by ingesting poison.
In the end, Justice prevailed. As Santos entered the street attempting his getaway, a mob of locals caught and then instilled on him their own brand of Brazilian Justice.
Vigilantism is illegal..but none-the-less, the angry mob killed Santos in the worst way possible—by 'stoning' him and pouring an accelerant over his body and then incinerating him in the streets for the world to witness.
"War..children, it's just a shot away. Love.. sister, it's just a kiss away" ~ Mick Jagger
*Creative non-fiction by @cagestokerblog on Twitter
