A woman whose body was found in her apartment in north Dublin last November died as a result of being decapitated, an inquest has heard.
A preliminary hearing into the death of Brazilian national Fabiole Camara de Campos at Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard she had also suffered blunt force trauma to the head and had been choked.
The 33-year-old’s body was found at her home in Charlestown Place, St Margaret’s Road, Finglas on November 4th last.
Daniela Loyarte, a friend of the deceased, who had lived in Dublin for five years, gave evidence of formally identifying Ms Camara de Campos’ body at the Dublin City Morgue on November 12th last.
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Ms Loyarte, who had known Ms Camara de Campos since they were schoolchildren, helped to organise a GoFundMe campaign which raised more than €17,000 to repatriate her friend’s body back to Brazil.
Ms Camara de Campos, originally from São Paulo, worked in a number of jobs after arriving in Dublin and had started a job with cryptocurrency firm Telus International as a customer support analyst shortly before her death.
Coroner Dr Clare Keane said a postmortem indicated that the cause of death was decapitation. She noted that Ms Camara de Campos had also suffered blunt force trauma to her head, while there were signs of pressure having been placed on her neck which resulted in asphyxia.
Garda Inspector David Kemp applied for an adjournment of the inquest under Section 25 of the Coroner’s Act as criminal proceedings in the case are ongoing. He told the coroner that a person had been charged in relation to the death and was before the criminal courts. He said a trial date had been fixed for October 2023.
The dead woman’s husband, Diego Costa Silva (32) was charged with her murder on November 6th last.
Dr Keane granted the application by gardaí to adjourn the inquest until the criminal proceedings conclude. She said the hearing was being opened and adjourned in order to allow a death certificate to be issued to the family of Ms Camara de Campos.