This Monday, a man (18 years old) was arrested on suspicion of raping a child in Joinville, in the north of Santa Catarina. The discovery of sexual abuse occurred during a medical consultation.

The incident occurred in November and the suspect was arrested in the Bukarein area – Photo: Civil Police/Reproduction/ND

According to the Civil Police, the child’s mother took her seven-year-old daughter to a medical center at the end of November. During the consultation, the doctor treating the victim suspected she had a sexually transmitted disease.

The DPCAMI (Department for the Protection of Children, Adolescents, Women and the Elderly) was alerted to the suspicion of rape and an investigation began.

Rape suspect detained after escape

According to police, the child’s mother confronted the suspect, who is the victim’s stepfather, but he fled and has since been on the run. After a petition for preventive detention was submitted to the court, the 42-year-old man was detained in the Bukareina area.