A series of violent deaths, many involving women and adolescent girls, were reported across Latin America and Russia on Sunday, as local authorities launched investigations into incidents ranging from a double homicide on the Brazilian coast to a fatal vehicle strike on a crowded beach in the Russian Far East.

In Brazil, three separate cases drew police attention. In Leme, in the interior of São Paulo state, the body of 17-year-old Maria Luzia Lima da Silva was found with gunshot wounds to the head and back. Her 22-year-old boyfriend was arrested on a charge of receiving a stolen motorcycle after providing conflicting accounts of the attack, according to the Polícia Militar; a young child present at the scene was unharmed. On the coast, in São Vicente, the remains of two women, aged 61 and 47, who had been missing since 9 July, were exhumed from a shallow grave in the Samaritá neighbourhood. A human skull was also recovered. The women, who were in a relationship, were last seen after meeting a friend, and their abandoned car was later found near a detention centre. No arrests have been made. In central São Paulo, a 28-year-old man was found dead in Parque Augusta; authorities suspect a drug overdose, and the park was closed for several hours after the body was discovered, drawing public criticism for the delay.

In Barranquilla, Colombia, police announced the rapid capture of a 20-year-old man suspected of shooting dead a 16-year-old girl in the Villa Caracas sector. The Metropolitan Police commander said the arrest demonstrated the institution’s reaction capacity. In Reynosa, in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, the body of a woman aged 40–45 with a neck wound was found near the international airport. A maquiladora badge bearing the name Blanca ‘N’ was among her belongings, though formal identification is pending.

On the Russian island of Sakhalin, two women aged 42 and 58 died on a beach after being struck by a snow-and-swamp vehicle whose driver then fled. The 35-year-old local man was detained the same day, and investigators have opened a criminal case for causing death by negligence. The beach was crowded with campers during a spell of hot weather.

All cases remain under active investigation. Forensic examinations are under way in Brazil, and police are seeking to establish motives and identify additional suspects. The Sakhalin driver faces a custodial measure, while the Colombian suspect has been handed over to the competent authority. No links between the incidents have been suggested.