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A Brazilian woman has been sentenced to 57 years behind bars for beating her pregnant friend to death with a brick and stealing her unborn child from her womb, according to a report.

Rozalba Maria Grime, 27, lured Flavia Godinho Mafra, a 24-year-old teacher, on Aug. 27, 2020, to an old pottery site in the town of Canelinha, where she struck her several times on the head with a brick, killing her, Newsflash reported.


  Rozalba Maria Grime was convicted of killing Flavia Godinho Mafra and stealing her unborn baby from her womb. @rozalba.grimm/Newsflash Rozalba Maria Grime was convicted of killing Flavia Godinho Mafra and stealing her unborn baby from her womb. @rozalba.grimm/Newsflash

Grime then used a utility knife to slice open her friend’s belly and pull out the baby, before hiding the mom-to-be in a kiln when she died of a hemorrhage, the outlet reported. Mafra was 36 weeks pregnant.


  Flavia Godinho Mafra was killed when she was 36 weeks pregnant. Newsflash Flavia Godinho Mafra was killed when she was 36 weeks pregnant. Newsflash

  Flavia Godinho Mafra was 24-years-old when she was killed. @flavia.godinho.18/Newsflash Flavia Godinho Mafra was 24-years-old when she was killed. @flavia.godinho.18/Newsflash

After committing the heinous crime, Grime went with her partner — who believed she had been pregnant — to a hospital, where she told staff she had just given birth. But they were suspicious of her account and called the police.

Her partner, who was considered a suspect, was acquitted of any involvement on July 27.

During the 15-hour trial, Grime told the court how she had planned the crime and had researched how to remove the unborn child from the woman’s womb – as well as how to simulate the symptoms of pregnancy and childbirth.


  Grime used a utility knife to cut the unborn baby out of Mafra. Civil Police/Newsflash Grime used a utility knife to cut the unborn baby out of Mafra. Civil Police/Newsflash


  Rozalba Maria Grime was sentenced to 57 years in prison. Newsflash Rozalba Maria Grime was sentenced to 57 years in prison. Newsflash

Grime was convicted of aggravated murder, attempted murder of a baby, concealment of a corpse, obstruction of justice, abduction of a minor and denying the rights of a newborn.

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