Body of missing mom found decapitated and dismembered in dumpster
The supermarket worker was discovered decapitated, dismembered, and wrapped in a blanket
![The body of Julia Vieira Ribeiro was found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil](https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/09/13/17/Jam_Press_JMP367549.jpg)
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The dismembered and decapitated body of a young mother-of-two woman has been discovered in a dumpster.
Supermarket worker Julia Vieira Ribeiro vanished on 3 September, Jam Press reports.
Her remains were found by police officers on 9 September in a dumpster in Rocha Miranda, the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
She had reportedly been decapitated, dismembered, and wrapped in a blanket.
She was then placed in a bin belonging to Comlurb, an urban cleaning company in the capital.
Police reported her head, right arm, and right leg were not located close to her body.
It is a practice often linked to drug trafficking factions.
![The body of Julia Vieira Ribeiro was found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil](https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/09/13/17/Jam_Press_JMP367550.jpg)
Ribeiro, 24, an employee at a supermarket chain, leaves behind two young children.
There are currently no suspects of motive for the crime.
![She was the mother of two children](https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/09/13/17/Jam_Press_JMP367551.jpg)
“Investigations are underway to determine who was responsible and clarify the crime,” said the civil police, who launched an investigation through the Capital Homicide Police Station.
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