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19-year-old student found dead at boyfriend's home in SC
A young woman was found dead in Sangão, SC, one week after starting college; police are investigating the case as a femicide.
Joviana Evelyn Iankovski, 19, was found dead on the morning of Monday, October 10, at her boyfriend's house in Sangão, Santa Catarina. She had started studying biological sciences at the Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (Unesc) just a week prior.
The student's body was discovered inside a locked room at her boyfriend's residence. The Military Police, which is investigating the case, is treating the incident as a femicide.
José Gustavo Rabelo, 21, has been detained as a suspect in Joviana's death. He is identified as the victim's boyfriend, but further details about the circumstances of the crime have not been disclosed.
The Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense published a note of condolence in honor of the deceased student, expressing its sympathy for the loss.