The Federal District and Territorial Justice Court (TJDFT) transformed the arrest of Leandro Rodrigues dos Santos into a preventive measure (featured photo)43 years old. Leandro beheaded his partner, Lidiane Paula de Souza, 43, in the early hours of Tuesday (12/23), on a street in QNL 16, Taguatinga (DF).
Leandro, known as Baiano, underwent a custody hearing this Wednesday morning (12/24), during which the Taguatinga Domestic and Family Violence Against Women Court ordered preventive detention. From now on, the author must remain in prison until he is tried for the crime of femicide committed against his partner.
Understanding crime
- The DF Military Police (PMDF) were called, around 2 a.m., Tuesday (23/12), for a possible occurrence of domestic violence. Arriving at the scene, military police found Lidiane lying in the street, already lifeless, and noted that she had been decapitated.
- Residents examined the characteristics of the perpetrator and indicated that he had fled. A few hours later, the military found Leandro at QNM 23, with his clothes and hands still covered in blood, and arrested him in the act.
- According to information from the investigation, during the attack, Lidiane tried to avoid the attack by declaring her love to the attacker. She screamed for her life and shouted, “Baiano, I love you.” But he continued the attacks until he killed her.
- The author had been approached by the PMDF a few hours before the crime with a knife, but was not arrested: he only had the bladed weapon seized and was released after signing a detailed statement of the facts.
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“Baiano” had already attacked his partner, who had a protective measure against him. Footage shows him hitting Lidiane in September this year. At the time, he was arrested, then released. The perpetrator also has a history of domestic violence against other victims.
A few days before the crime that resulted in the victim’s death, on December 12, 2025, Leandro was found guilty of battery in the context of domestic violence, in a case currently being processed in the Taguatinga Domestic and Family Violence Against Women Court. The sentence sets a sentence of 2 years and 7 months in prison and 5 months of detention, in addition to the maintenance of urgent protective measures. However, the preventive detention was revoked. Leandro was released a few days before cruelly killing Lidiane.
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