A Brazilian woman reportedly killed her 5-year-old daughter during a horrible psychotic episode in which she tore the girl’s eyes out before cutting her tongue and eating it, according to a report.
Josimare Gomes da Silva, 30, was arrested Sunday at her home in the city of São Cristóvão after the girl’s grandfather broke into the bathroom and discovered the horrible scene, Newsflash reported.
He noticed blood running down an external drain after Lula locked himself in the bathroom with his daughter, Brenda Carollyne Pereira da Silva, according to the report.
The grandfather found his mother praying in a daze while the lifeless girl was lying beside her.
Investigators said the unbalanced mother attacked Brenda with scissors while she was still alive, according to Newsflash.
Da Silva gave the police a truncated statement the next morning in several languages, including Spanish.
She would have denied having plucked her daughter’s eyes and stuck her tongue out in her mouth.
The woman, who suffers from mental health problems, including depression, is believed to have carried out the attack during a psychotic episode.
She was detained at a police station in Delmiro Gouveia and will be transferred to a women’s prison in the capital of the state of Maceió during the investigation.