Woman Arrested for Murdering Pregnant 16-Year-Old and Cutting Out Her Baby

A heartbreaking crime has shocked Brazil after a 16-year-old pregnant girl, Emilly Azevedo Sena, was brutally murdered by a woman who stole her unborn baby.

The suspect, 25-year-old Nataly Helen Martins Pereira, lured Emilly to her home under false pretenses before attacking her, cutting open her abdomen, and taking the baby.

Emilly, who was nine months pregnant, was reported missing before authorities discovered her body buried in the backyard of Nataly’s home in Cuiabá, Brazil. Her abdomen had been sliced open, and her baby was gone.

Shortly after the discovery, police arrested Nataly and her husband, 28-year-old chef Christian Albino Cebalho de Arruda, at a hospital. The couple was attempting to register the newborn as their own.

Investigations revealed that Nataly had deceived Emilly through WhatsApp, claiming she had baby clothes to donate. When Emilly wanted to bring her husband along, Nataly refused, telling her, “Your husband can come, but I won’t let him in because I’m married.”

According to Emilly’s mother, Nataly had pretended to be pregnant herself and even transferred money to Emilly for transportation to her house. “She said she had received a lot of baby clothes and wanted to donate some to Emilly. She sent her the location and even transferred money via Pix so my daughter could go there to pick them up. But she went and never came back,” her devastated mother shared.

When Nataly was arrested, hospital tests confirmed she had never been pregnant. Her husband, Christian, claimed he had believed she was expecting and genuinely thought the newborn was theirs.

Before their arrest, Christian had already posted on Facebook, announcing the baby’s arrival with the caption, “Be well, my daughter.”

Authorities initially arrested Pereira’s husband, her brother-in-law, and another man. However, all three were released on Friday morning after Pereira admitted she acted alone.