Female bodybuilder Debora Michels dead at age 30: Body of fitness influencer dumped outside parents' home and husband arrested
A FITNESS influencer was tragically murdered by her husband of 10 years before her body was dumped at her parents' home, police claim.
Debora Michels, 30, was found dead on the sidewalk in a shocking event that devastated her community.
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The person suspected of her murder is named Alexander Gunsch, Debora's husband of 10 years.
Alexander reportedly told Police that he threw his wife Debora against a piece of furniture, causing her to lose consciousness, amid a heated argument that turned physical.
The suspect They then allegedly took her to a hospital so she could receive medical attention, but she was diverted to her parents' home when she realized she had already died, local media reported.
Debora's body was found under a blanket on the sidewalk in front of her parents' home in Montenegro, a city in Rio Grande do Sul state. Brazil in the early hours of Friday morning.
a women's aid The lawyer for the specialized police station, Cleusa Spinato, said Alexander surrendered and confessed crime when the police visited his address on Saturday, Local media reports.
He was taken into custody where he remains today after a police request to extend his detention was granted on Saturday evening.
Ms Spinato added that police were treating the case as a femicide and that Alexander was the main suspect.
Debora's devastated brother Alex Michels told local media: “This situation is disgusting. What our family wants is justice. You cannot leave anyone unpunished.”
A good friend of Debora, Deise Chemelo, described her as a “magnetic person”.
“She lit up every place she went; she only had friends and she did only good.
“A fighter, an entrepreneur, there is no explanation for what happened. She didn't deserve it. We don't understand it.”
The young woman, a bodybuilder, was popular Instagram and had thousands of followers who tuned in to her regular educational posts related to her job as a personal trainer and her active lifestyle.
Friends and family mourned the tragic loss of Debora funeral held on Saturday morning before she was buried at Montenegro Municipal Cemetery at around 11am the same day.
The police investigation is ongoing.
It comes not long after a DJ influencer was found dead with a gun in what may have been a staged suicide.
The lifeless body of Nong WanChiap, 23, was found naked on her bed in Bangkok, Thailand, with injuries consistent with gunshot wounds around her left ear.
A firearm lay on her pillow next to her left hand.
Some of the young woman's friends reportedly suspected that her ex-boyfriend may have been involved in her death and alerted police.
Investigators also suspected he played a role in her death.
His body was discovered in his room, as some theorized that he committed suicide to escape punishment.
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