SÃO LUÍS, MARANHÃO, BRAZIL – JANUARY 18, 2023 Businesswoman Tereza Travassos ended her life by jumping from the 10th floor of the Portal da Enseada building in the Ponta D’Areia neighborhood. The scene was recorded by other residents.
- Tereza Travassos 1
- Tereza Travassos 2
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Tereza was going through a difficult period in her life. She was the main suspect in the case of stabbing her boyfriend, lawyer Ulisses César Martins de Sousa. She allegedly discovered that he was having a sexual relationship with her daughter.
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