Isabella Nardoni case

Isabella Nardoni case refers to the murder of Isabella de Oliveira Nardoni, a 5-year-old Brazilian girl, on the night of Saturday, March 29, 2008. Suspects in the case include Isabella's father, Alexandre Nardoni, and her stepmother, Anna Carolina Jatobá. It is alleged that Anna Carolina Jatobá strangled Isabella and Alexandre Nardoni threw her out of the window of their apartment located on the sixth floor of the "Edifício London (London Building)". The building lies in the Tucuruvi district of São Paulo, Brazil.

Brazilian media has closely followed the case, offering continuous updates. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7340797.stm |title=Child death raises tough questions |publisher=BBC News |date=10 April 2008 |author=Gary Duffy |accessdate=2008-05-08] [ [http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/24/brasil-making-a-child-murder-into-a-media-show/ Global Voices - Brazil: Making a child murder into a media show] ] More than 98% of Brazilians are aware of her death [cite web |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u396455.shtml |publisher=Folha Online |title=98% dos brasileiros conhecem caso Isabella, mostra pesquisa; índice é recorde |language=Portuguese |date=2008-04-28 |author=Gabriela Guerreiro |accessdate=2008-05-08] —the highest rate in the history of Brazilian media coverage research.

Family

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name = Isabella Nardoni


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parents = Alexande Alves Nardoni (father) Ana Carolina Cunha de Oliveira (mother)
relations = Antônio Nardoni (grandfather) Anna Carolina Trotta Peixoto Jatobá (stepmother)
Pietro (half-brother)
Cauã (half-brother)


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Isabella de Oliveira Nardoni was born on April 18, 2002, in São Paulo, to Alexandre Alves Nardoni and Ana Carolina Cunha de Oliveira. Alexandre had met Anna Carolina at university, and later married. [ [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=450290 National Nine - Child murder case transfixes Brazil] ] Ana Carolina Oliveira became pregnant with Isabella at the age of 17 and, by that time, Alexandre Nardoni was about to begin his law classes at college. Eleven months after Isabella's birth, her parents divorced. Isabella lived with her mother and frequently visited her father, who lived with his new wife, Anna Carolina Trotta Peixoto Jatobá, and their two sons, Cauã and Pietro.

The murder

Isabella was found suffering from cardiac arrest in the front garden of "London Building". Rescue personnel tried to resuscitate her for 34 minutes, in vain. [ [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u388505.shtml Folha Online - Entenda o caso da morte da menina Isabella Oliveira Nardoni] ] She died on the way to the hospital. Alexandre Nardoni and Anna Carolina Jatobá were taken to a local police station. Alexandre Nardoni stated that, while he was in the garage getting his two sons, robbers had broken into his apartment, opened a hole on the wire safety screen on the window and threw Isabella out. [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iOlf9lAPVvS8Q8gjXCTB6Rzj5kGwD904J5HO0 Associated Press - Brazil police arrest dead girl's parents] ]

Burial

Isabella was buried on the “Parque dos Pinheiros” Cemetery, in the São Paulo district of Jaçanã. The burial was attended by 200 people. [ [http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0,,OI2719649-EI5030,00.html Terra - Corpo de Isabella é enterrado em São Paulo] ]

Investigation

Investigators found Isabella's blood on Alexandre Nardoni's car and in his apartment, [ [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u393740.shtml Folha Online - Sangue em carro determinou indiciamento do pai e da madrasta de Isabella] ] on a towel and a diaper, [ [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u393393.shtml Folha Online - Perícia analisa se traço de sangue encontrado em fralda e toalha é de Isabella] ] [ [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=450290 National Nine - Child murder case transfixes Brazil] ] her vomit on his T-shirt, [ [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u395885.shtml Folha Online - Peritos encontraram vômito de Isabella em camiseta que seu pai usou na noite do crime] ] , footprints of his flip-flops on a bed next to the window through which she was thrown [ [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u393012.shtml Folha Online - Laudo apontará que pegada é de Nardoni] ] , and remnants of nylon from the wire safety screen on his T-shirt. The police also found pieces of the safety screen on a pair of scissors inside the apartment.

Although there was circumstantial evidence to suggest that Isabella was thrown to her death from a bedroom window, her injuries were not consistent with a falling death. Only her wrists were broken, in addition to the fact that she was still alive, albeit barely, when she was discovered.Fact|date=May 2008 The IML (Instituto Médico Legal, or "Legal Medical Institute") personnel announced they found injuries unrelated to the fall on Isabella's body. The injuries suggested that she had been punched and asphyxiated before being thrown out of the window. [ [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u388505.shtml Folha Online - Entenda o caso da morte da menina Isabella Oliveira Nardoni] ]

Nardoni's and Jatobá's indictment

On April 18, 2008, both Alexandre Nardoni and Anna Carolina Jatobá were indicted by the Brazilian Civil Police, still insisting they were not involved in her death. [ [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=450290 National Nine - Child murder case transfixes Brazil] ] [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iOlf9lAPVvS8Q8gjXCTB6Rzj5kGwD904J5HO0 Associated Press - Brazil police arrest dead girl's parents] ]

References

External links

* [http://news.google.com.br/news?hl=pt&um=1&resnum=1&q=Isabella+Nardoni&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&start=0 Isabella Nardoni] at Google News