On Friday (15 May), the video of a young woman being killed and beheaded with machetes in Salvador, Brazil was released in social networks. Family believe that the woman in the video is Juliana Pires, a former resident of Itabuna, Brazil. Her sister traveled to Salvador in order to identify the body.

In Itabuna, Juliana has spent some time in jail, accused of drug trafficking. The motivation of the crime is still unknown.