Story By Marija Stojkoska
News Editor Ajda Ender
This is the moment a bloodied mother makes a desperate final plea for help after being chased down and stabbed by her ex-partner before collapsing outside her home.
Severino Alves Pereira, 56, stabs ex Paula Santos da Silva, 37, on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Sao Vicente, Brazil.***Video Licence Restrictions: NEWS MEDIA PORTALS ONLY. Usage on social media is possible but we offer no guarantees. This video is offered under our ‘social and local media source’ licence. For details see https://newsx.agency/licences/ For terms visit: https://newsx.media/terms-conditions/
Paula Santos da Silva had just finished work at Brisamar Shopping Centre when Severino Alves Pereira, 56, allegedly followed her before attacking her in the city centre in Sao Vicente, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on 13th July.
Picture shows Paula Santos da Silva, 37. Severino Alves Pereira, 56 killed her on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Sao Vicente, Brazil. Note: Private picture. (Newsflash/NX)
Police said Pereira entered employee-only areas of the shopping centre in an attempt to find Paula before following her route through Rua Jacob Emmerich and onto Rua Jorge Tibirica.
Picture shows Severino Alves Pereira, 56, and Paula Santos da Silva, 37. He stabbed and killed her on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Sao Vicente, Brazil. Note: Private picture. (Newsflash/NX)
Security footage shows him chasing after Paula, before forcing her into a brief conversation outside a building and then pulling out a knife.
Picture shows Severino Alves Pereira, 56. He stabbed ex Paula Santos da Silva, 37, on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Sao Vicente, Brazil. Note: Private picture. (Newsflash/NX)
Investigators said Paula was stabbed four times in the neck and abdomen before she managed to walk away from the scene.
Picture shows Severino Alves Pereira, 56. He stabbed ex Paula Santos da Silva, 37, on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Sao Vicente, Brazil. Note: Private picture. (Newsflash/NX)
Footage showed the 37-year-old covered in blood, struggling along the street and raising her arm towards people across the street in a desperate attempt to get help.
Picture shows Severino Alves Pereira, 56. He stabbed ex Paula Santos da Silva, 37, on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Sao Vicente, Brazil. Note: Private picture. (Newsflash/NX)
A bystander is seen walking on the sidewalk right next to her as she staggers past, heavily covered in blood, before continuing several metres forward.
Severino Alves Pereira, 56, stabs ex Paula Santos da Silva, 37, on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Sao Vicente, Brazil. He was arrested. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video. (Newsflash/NX)
Paula collapsed outside the apartment building where she lived on Frei Gaspar Street, where emergency services were called.
Severino Alves Pereira, 56, stabs ex Paula Santos da Silva, 37, on Monday, July 13, 2026, in Sao Vicente, Brazil. He was arrested. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video. (Newsflash/NX)
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police arrested Pereira after reviewing security footage and said he was wearing the same clothes as the attacker seen in the recordings.
After the stabbing, Pereira allegedly discarded the knife at Pensil Bridge and washed his hands at Biquinha Square before going to a police station.
Investigators said he falsely claimed he had heard about the attack and wanted officers to help him find the person responsible, but his alleged cover story quickly fell apart when police matched his clothing to the footage.
Confronted by officers, Pereira confessed and told police he had attacked Paula after becoming jealous when he discovered messages between her and another former partner.
He later returned to Paula’s apartment building, telling police he wanted to check on her nine-year-old daughter because he cared about the child.
Pereira was accompanied by an officer to the apartment, where the girl was removed and later taken to the police station before being handed into the care of her biological father.
Police said Pereira and Paula had been in a relationship for around three months and that he worked carrying out maintenance at the building where she lived.
Residents said Paula had moved there with her daughter around six months before the attack.
Because Paula had no relatives living in Sao Vicente, her body was being transported back to her home state of Paraiba, in northeastern Brazil, for burial.
Pereira is expected to face charges of qualified femicide, with investigators citing circumstances including an alleged ambush and factors that prevented Paula from defending herself.
(Marija Stojkoska/Newsflash)
