A family in southern Brazil thought they were helping a vulnerable 12-year-old girl rebuild her life. More than a year later, authorities allege they discovered the child was actually a 37-year-old woman who had been living under a false identity.
Police in Joinville, a city in Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, arrested Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira on June 2. This followed an investigation into claims that she had posed as a minor and gained the support of a local family and other community members.
