It was also alleged that bloodstains and scratches were discovered inside the coffin, and that as dos Santos attempted to flee, the nails holding the lid shut were forced upward.
Her family had brought her to a hospital in northeast Brazil due to extreme exhaustion, and she was taking anti-convulsant drugs for episodes of fainting that had occurred since she was seven years old.
Her death certificate said that she suffered two cardiac arrests before to her death from “septic shock.”
Her family attended a wake that evening and the next day, she was buried in a concrete tomb near her hometown.
Residents near the cemetery claimed to have heard muffled screams during the night, although at first they thought the noises were the result of kids pulling practical jokes.
