A mother has been arrested for
allegedly stabbing her gay son to death after a Christmas family row.
32-year-old Tatiana
Lozano Pereira was arrested last month over the killing of her 17-year-old
son Itaberli Lozano in their house in Cravinhos, Brazil.
According to
reports in local Portuguese-language media outlets, Lozano Pereira has
long rejected his son because he is gay.
However a row
between the pair worsened over Christmas, and escalated when Lozano
Pereira hired two thugs to “teach a lesson” to her son.
The killing
took place on December 29. According to authorities, after watching the
thugs beat her son, Lozano Pereira took a kitchen knife and stabbed him to
death.
His charred
remains were eventually found on January 7, in a nearby field where his mother
is believed to have attempted to dispose of his body.
Authorities say
the mother confessed to the killing during a police interrogation.
The boy’s
uncle Dario Rosa told authorities that the teen had faced issues with his
mother because of his sexuality.
She remains in
custody, and three men have also been arrested in connection with the attack.
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