Jeniffer Corneau Viturino | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 13 May 1993
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 8 April 2011 (aged 17) |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
Jeniffer Corneau Viturino [1] (13 May 1993 – 8 April 2011) was a Brazilian fashion model who died in 2011 at the age of 17. [2] She was best known for her cover appearance on the Portuguese J magazine and later known for her mysterious death ruled as suicide. [3]
Born in Brazil, Viturino moved to Portugal in 2007 and began modeling there. She won the Miss Odivelas contest in 2009, [2] and landed on the cover of the Portuguese J magazine's February 2011 issue (No. 233). [4] Her last modeling activity was a runway walking for a cosmetics brand. [2]
Death
On the evening of 8 April 2011, [5] Viturino was found dead in Parque das Nações, a prestigious neighborhood in Lisbon. [2] She died after falling from the 15th floor of the building where she lived with her boyfriend Miguel Alves da Silva, [5] a 31-year-old businessman [6] known to have multiple wives and to be abusive to his girlfriends, according to her brother. [1] She was 17. [7]
Police concluded she committed suicide, as the evidence collected did not indicate any third party intervention. Viturino left a suicide note which asked her family for forgiveness for her action. [6] The note included some cryptic messages for her family, which her mother described to be "very vague". [2]
References
- ^ a b "Irmão e amiga de modelo morta em Lisboa duvidam de suicídio", 10 April 2011, Folha (in Portuguese)
- ^ a b c d e "Pais de modelo brasileira que morreu em Portugal duvidam de suicídio", 10 April 2011, G1 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Polícia de Portugal acrescenta assassinato à linha de investigação para morte de modelo capixaba", 9 April 2011, A Gazeta (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Polícia portuguesa investiga se morte de modelo brasileira foi homicídio", 11 April 2011, O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese)
- ^ a b "Modelo brasileira de 17 anos morre em Portugal", 10 April 2011, O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese)
- ^ a b "Modelo morre na Expo: a chave do mistério", 12 April 2011, TVI 24 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Modelo cai do 15.º andar de torre de luxo", 9 April 2011, Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese)