The man suspected of stabbing a woman to death at an apartment building in Brockton, Massachusetts, has died, officials say.
Joao Correia, 56, had been in critical condition at a local hospital Wednesday night, after allegedly stabbing Veronica Goncalves Rosa, 48, to death. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz had called it a "savage, brutal" attack.
Cruz' office confirmed Thursday that Correia had died. Officials said he told officers inside an apartment in the building on Crescent Street that he drank battery acid; Correia was surrounded by bloody clothes.
He was flown to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston but died about 9:36 p.m. His cause of death was still being determined Thursday afternoon, prosecutors said.
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Authorities believe Correia and Goncalves had been in a relationship, and that he had targeted her.
Goncalves was found in the driveway of her apartment building with obvious injuries to her head and face, prosecutors said. She was declared dead on scene.
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Goncalves' nephew said his aunt was attacked as she got home on Wednesday afternoon, with her 2-year-old granddaughter still in the backseat of her car. Investigators have not confirmed those details.
He added that she was a hard worker with two kids and one grandchild.
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