A Brazilian teenager has waived her anonymity to bravely speak out after surviving an eight hour kidnap ordeal during which she was sexually abused, brutally beaten, and nearly strangled to death.
Kalliny Trevisan, 19, said she chose to reveal her horrific experience to encourage other victims of aggression not to remain silent.
The teenager was about to enter her workplace at a pharmaceutical lab in Cotia, Greater São Paulo when she was abducted at knife point at around 8am on June 1.
Cops used traffic monitoring cameras and signals from her mobile phone to track the route of the car driven by her assailant, named as José Wilker dos Santos, a 37 year old mason.
The courageous teen was found with her hands and feet bound with rope, a chain around her neck and her head covered by a cloth lying in the back seat footwell of a grey Chevrolet Meriva.
Brazilian teenager Kalliny Trevisan (pictured), 19, has waived her anonymity to bravely speak out after being sexually abused
Police officers using traffic monitoring cameras and signals were able to catch her assailant named as José Wilker dos Santos (pictured), 37
She explained to Bandeirantes TV on Tuesday why she has decided to talk about the vicious assault and the reasons for showing the ligature marks around her neck and bruises inside her mouth in a social media video.
She said: ‘Cases like mine happen every day and I (want) other women, who have been through this, to have the courage to report it and to find the strength to move on.
‘I want to show that the culture of rape and attacks on women are a real problem in our society.
‘Today I am lucky to be alive. Many women don’t survive. I really thought I was going to die. But I’m fine despite some bruises. You can see the red marks on my neck where he tried to hang me.
‘I know that the psychological pain will last for a long time, but (I believe) I can deal with that.’
The aggressor kidnapped the victim around 8 am, after lying in wait outside her workplace.
Kalliny, who works as a logistics assistant and is also a part time model, was about to enter the office when the suspect jumped out of the parked car and abducted her at knife point.
She recalled: ‘It was only a matter of seconds. I tried to resist but he had the knife to my neck.
Ms Trevisan said she was kidnapped by Santos (pictured) at around 8am outside her workplace in Cotia, Greater São Paulo. According to police, the suspect drove to a construction site where he allegedly sexually abused the victim
The teenager was found with her hands and feet bound with rope (right) and with a chain (left) wrapped around her neck on June 1
Ms Trevisan said that her head was covered by a cloth as she lay in the back seat footwell of the suspect’s car. Pictured: Inside of the assailant’s car
‘He said he just wanted information about the company I worked for, because he was planning a break-in.’
However, she soon found out that she was the real target of the attack and the accused had been stalking her for nearly two weeks before launching his cruel plan.
Fortunately, her screams were heard by the building’s security guards. But by the time they got to the scene she had already been taken captive.
Blurry footage from CCTV caught the partial outline of images showing the moment Kalliny was bundled into the back of a vehicle and driven off at high speed. Investigators claimed the suspect deliberately parked in a surveillance blind spot.
However, agents were still able to identify the license plates and contacted the accused’s wife, the owner of the car.
She gave officers details of her husband’s work address. In a race against time, cops launched a city-wide manhunt to capture the accused and save the victim.
The teenager spoke about her horrific ordeal on social media and showed the ligature marks around her neck (left) and bruises inside her mouth (right)
Ms Trevisan, who also works as a part time model, was about to enter the office when she was abducted at knife point
Kelliny’s family desperately prayed that agents wouldn’t be too late and kept up a barrage of phone calls to their loved one’s mobile, which was being tracked for its location.
According to police, the suspect drove to a construction site where he worked and allegedly sexually abused and violently assaulted the victim over several hours. He kept her hidden in the car throughout the ordeal and allegedly threatened to kill her if she screamed.
The young woman revealed: ‘I was too terrified to scream because I thought he had taken me to a location where he probably had accomplices and I couldn’t be sure they wouldn’t attack me too.
‘I cried and begged him to let me go and not to rape me. But he tied my hands and feet. I remember thinking my worst fears were coming true. I thought I was going to die. I thought about my family and started saying my goodbyes.’
However, as the hours wore on the suspect left her in the car for a few minutes and it was then that she managed to loosen the ropes. But she didn’t let her attacker see that she was no longer tied up when he returned.
The teenager said she had always been a person who stood up for social and political justice and her mission was to fight for the women’s movement
This act probably saved her life because when the chain was allegedly wrapped around her neck, the brave teen was able raise her body up out of the back seat footwell and slip a hand under the noose, releasing the pressure on her throat.
At that point, the assailant seemingly backed off and got out of the car.
Kelliny claimed: ‘He started putting tools into the boot. I saw he had a spade and I was sure his intention was to dig a hole to bury me.
‘He got back into the car and was driving off when I heard people shouting at him to stop.’
The city wide manhunt came to a dramatic end with cops swooping in and apprehending the attacker.
The victim was found late afternoon, around 4pm, some three kilometres (roughly two miles) from where she been abducted.
A police spokesperson said: ‘We didn’t know Kalliny was still in the car when we approached it. We took the accused out of the vehicle and while we were talking to him, she started screaming from the back seat.’
Wilker, who already has passages with the police including one for attempted rape 19 years ago, has been detained in custody and will answer charges of kidnapping, imprisonment, sexual abuse and personal injury.
‘I thought I was strong but after this I discovered strengths that I didn’t even know I had,’ Kelliny said.
She underwent tests at Pearl Byington Hospital and alongside the more serious injuries, was found to be dehydrated and weak after being staved of food and water for the duration of the atrocity.
‘I’ve always been a person who has stood up for social and political justice and my mission has been to fight for the women’s movement and for other minorities.
‘Now I believe that it has become even more important for me to do so,’ the resilient young woman said adding that she is still trying to process what happened to her and thanks everyone who intervened to save her life.
According to data from the Secretariat of Security, in April there were 661 cases of rape in the state of São Paulo.
And figures released by the Brazilian Public Security Forum, show cases of femicide increased by 41 per cent in the state of São Paulo, during March and April 2020, compared to the same period last year.