Trail of Broken Promises to Brazil’s Women

Expand Images from security cameras from the building show agressions from the husband of Tatiane Spitzner, who fell from the fourth floor of a building in Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil. Images courtesy of State Prosecutor's Office of Paraná. From time to time, the killing of a woman at the hands of a male partner or an ex outrages Brazil. If there is video, the murder may climb to the top of the headlines. Such was the case of Tatiane Spitzner, the 29-year-old lawyer who died on July 22. Security camera footage showed her husband repeatedly assaulting her, late at night, in a car, in a garage,…

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