A video of a Brazilian woman setting fire to his husband went viral.
Dailymail said the woman set fire to his husband with alcohol at the fish market shop she owns in Brazil.
André Chapeta, Paixao’s husband, received severe burns, killing him after four days.
Wife Said She Acted in Self Defense
Paixaõ later said she was trying to defend herself from her husband’s abuse.
The investigators rejected her claim, saying her husband was sitting calmly on a chair when she set him on fire.
The Civil Police chief, Flávio Ferreira, said Paixao’s 30-year marriage was marked with frequent incidents of domestic violence.
Paixao Charged With First Degree Murder
The Brazilian authorities first classified the act as an attempted homicide, but it was later changed.
The investigation, initially categorized as an attempted homicide, is now said to have been reclassified as a “murder by cruel means” under Brazilian law”, UK news outlet Mirror reported.
