Teenager dies in house fire and stepfather is charged with vicaricide in RS This Monday (15), the Court accepted the complaint against the man accused of killing his stepdaughter, a 15-year-old teenager, in May this year, in the municipality of Garruchos, northwest of the state. The case is treated as the first to be framed as the crime of vicaricide in Rio Grande do Sul. The man was identified as Jackson Machado Borges, 35 years old. At the time of the indictment, the Rio Grande do Sul Public Defender's Office reported that the suspect expressed interest in being served by the agency. The institution declared that “it will only comment on the case files”. 📲 Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp 🔎 Vicarious homicide is when the suspect kills children, parents or direct dependents of a woman with the intention of causing pain, punishing or taking revenge on her. In April, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) sanctioned a package of laws aimed at combating domestic violence, including the classification of the crime of vicaricide. The decision was handed down by judge Renildo Argôlo Nery, head of the Judicial Court of the District of Santo Antônio das Missões, following a complaint from the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP). The defendant, who is in prison, will be held accountable for the crime with the aggravating factors of gross motive, use of fire, a resource that made the victim's defense impossible and the prevalence of domestic relations, in addition to the aggravating factor due to the fact that the victim is a teenager. According to the complaint, the crime occurred on May 10, when the defendant allegedly set fire to the residence where the teenager was sleeping, causing her death. According to the MP, the man had stolen a municipal vehicle to leave the city after the incident. He will also be charged with qualified theft through abuse of trust and for committing an act that compromises the functioning of a public body, with an aggravating factor for having committed the crime with the aim of facilitating or ensuring impunity for the previous offense. For the prosecution, the act was intended to emotionally affect the victim's ex-partner, mother. Upon receipt of the complaint, the man will be summoned to respond to the accusation within the legal deadline. The process is being carried out in secret. 'Why not me?', says mother of the first victim of case treated as vicaricide in RS What is vicaricide? Crime of killing someone to hit a woman had 1st indictment in RS Understand the Public Ministry’s complaint Teenager dies in house fire and stepfather is charged with vicaricide in Garruchos Luciano Resmini/ SB News According to the investigation, the crime in the city of Rio Grande do Sul was committed to emotionally affect the victim's mother, the suspect's partner. The complaint attributes to Borges the crime of vicaricide, provided for in article 121-B of the Penal Code. The MPRS also reported the man for qualified theft of a vehicle belonging to the municipality of Garruchos, used to leave the city after the crime. "Although the Public Prosecutor's Office acts daily in highly serious cases, this crime causes deep perplexity due to its extreme cruelty. The death of a teenager to emotionally harm her mother represents one of the most serious forms of violence. The victim's family, the community of Garruchos and the entire society will remain marked by this tragedy", said prosecutor Guilherme Donin. The case According to the investigation, the victim, identified as Carla Giovana Siqueira Duarte, lived in the same house as the suspect and her mother. According to police, the incident happened on May 10. During the morning of the same day, the Fire Department was called to contain a fire. Upon arrival, officers found the victim's body inside the house. After the fire, the suspect fled in a vehicle. The man was later located at a gas station on the banks of BR-285, in São Borja. Since then, he has remained in prison. Stepfather arrested on suspicion of causing fire that killed 15-year-old teenager in RS Federal Highway Police (PRF) VIDEOS: Everything about RS