Mother Acquitted in Boyfriend's Murder

0:00A Brazilian court has acquitted a mother, accused of killing her boyfriend, after he tried to rape her 11-year-old daughter. Erica Pereira de Soverea Vicente confessed to the act, saying she acted to protect her child from the man living with him in Minas Gerrace. Suspicious text messages from Everton Amaro de Silva to the girl raised red flags for Vicente. She returned home and found him assaulting the child, whose screens filled the house. Vicente then drugged to Silva's drink, stabbed him while he was out, beat him, and with help from a neighbor teen, moved the body to a remote spot. There, she removed his genitals and set the remains on fire before handing the knife to police when they followed a blood trail to her door. Prosecutors called it cold blood and murder, with premeditation due to the brutality, but after just one day of testimony, the jury cleared her of. Aggrobated homicide and corpse destruction. She had already spent a year behind bars awaiting trial. This case echoes a 1981 incident in Germany, where a mother shot her daughter's killer

1:03in court and served partial time for it. Sparking debates on parental justice that's still linger today. This has been Toronto News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.