Parents make surprise trip to PG and find 19-year-old daughter arrested by her boyfriend

A 19-year-old girl was rescued from a private prison situation in Ponta Grossa after her parents traveled more than 500 kilometers from São Paulo to the city of Paraná, for suspicion of the messages sent by her daughter. The victim's boyfriend, also 19, was arrested in flagrante on Wednesday night (21).

The case gained new details on Thursday (22), with information released by the Civil Police. According to investigations, the suspect destroyed her cell phone and used her phone chip on another device to impersonate the young woman in conversations with relatives.

Suspicious messages made parents travel to Ponta Grossa

Residents of the town of São Paulo, parents began to notice changes in their daughter’s behavior during phone conversations. The answers were evasive, contained little information and the young woman avoided showing her face in video calls. The situation raised the suspicion that someone else might be controlling communication.

Concerned, the relatives decided to travel to Ponta Grossa without notifying their daughter. When identifying the address of the boyfriend, they sought out a team of the Municipal Civil Guard that was conducting patrols and asked for help. The agents went to the apartment and found the young woman with several bruises and signs of intense emotional shock.

Victim reports assault and death threats

According to the Municipal Civil Guard, the young woman told that she was prevented from leaving the property for approximately two weeks. During this period, according to the testimony, he suffered frequent assaults, including punches, slaps, kicks and blows with a broomstick.

The victim also reported being hanged and lost consciousness after being hit in the head. The guards found bruises on the face, head and arms. According to the young woman’s account, the boyfriend made death threats if she tried to reach out to the family or ask for help.

Police reveal that jealousy crisis would have started the prison

One of the information released on Thursday (22) concerns the circumstances that would have provoked the beginning of the assaults. According to the delegate Claudia Kruger, responsible for clarifying the case, the young woman said she had been in a relationship with the suspect for a few months.

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She was prevented from leaving the house after an assault motivated by a crisis of jealousy. According to the investigation, the boyfriend did not allow the victim to leave the apartment because the injuries could be seen by other people, provoking a complaint against him.

To keep track of the situation, the suspect also reportedly restricted her contact with family members and other people.

Boyfriend arrested in flagrante; Civil Police investigates

After the intervention of the Municipal Civil Guard, the suspect was arrested in flagrante and referred to the 13th Police Subdivision of Ponta Grossa. The young man was charged with crimes of private imprisonment and bodily injury against woman.

The Civil Police continue to investigate the circumstances of the case. Until the information available on Thursday, there was no public confirmation of the possible conversion of the arrest in flagrante into preventive. The identity of those involved was not disclosed to preserve the victim.