Ângela Maria Fernandes Diniz (10 November 1944,

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– 30 December 1976

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) was a Brazilian

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who became famous after she was murdered at her own beach house in Praia dos Ossos, Búzios,

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by her lover, Raul Fernandes do Amaral Street (commonly known as Doca Street). The crime received extensive media coverage in Brazil.

Life

Ângela Diniz married engineer Milton Villas Boas when she was 18, and divorced nine years later after having three children with him. She later dated gossip columnist Ibrahim Sued, starting in 1975—it was her last relationship before dating Doca Street.''Última viagem de amor''
- Veja, 12 de janeiro de 1977, pages 34-37. In 1975, she was accused of doing and keeping drugs, and, immediately after, kidnapping her own daughter. In 1976, while spending some time at their beach house in Búzios, Doca and Ângela had an argument, and she threw his briefcase at him. His

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tumbled from it, and he picked it up and used it to shoot her dead in a rage.

In the media

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, with

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on the lead role, but it was never produced. Part of her story is told on the book ''Submundo da sociedade'', by Adelaide Carraro. In 2006, Doca Street published a book called ''Mea Culpa'', in which he explains in detail how he met Angela, how they started an extramarital affair, how he left his wife and children to live with Ângela, and how he killed her. In 2020, ''Praia dos Ossos'', a podcast about the case, was released. Diniz was portrayed by

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in the 2023 biographical film '' Angela''. She was also portrayed by Marjorie Estiano in the 2024 biographical television series ''Ângela Diniz: O Crime da Praia dos Ossos''.

References

1944 births 1976 deaths People murdered in 1976 Brazilian murder victims Female murder victims People from Belo Horizonte People from Armação dos Búzios {{Brazil-bio-stub