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Man Sentenced to 22 Years for 17 Stab Wounds
A man in Maranhão, Brazil, received 22 years in prison after stabbing his neighbor 17 times in October 2024.
In brief
A man in Maranhão, Brazil, received 22 years in prison after stabbing his neighbor 17 times in October 2024. Vandervan Sousa Paixão was sentenced to 22 years in prison for murdering neighbor Wesley Wagner Bastos with 17 stab wounds in Bacabal, Maranhão, on October 6, 2024. Originally reported by G1.
Sentence
Vandervan Sousa Paixão received a 22-year prison sentence for murdering neighbor Wesley Wagner Bastos with 17 stab wounds in Bacabal, Maranhão, on October 6, 2024.
Crime Details
The victim was stabbed in the chest and neck during a dispute over alcohol at a neighbor's home in Santa Maria, Bacabal.
Confession
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Vandervan admitted to 17 stab wounds and threats of death against neighbors after the attack.
The one thing
Vandervan Sousa Paixão was sentenced to 22 years in prison for murdering neighbor Wesley Wagner Bastos with 17 stab wounds in Bacabal, Maranhão, on October 6, 2024.
