In late July 2026, 22-year-old Isabelle Caracristi began her dream internship in Fortaleza, Brazil. She was in her second semester of law school, and hoped to become a criminal lawyer.
Within weeks, she was dating João Munhoz Neto, an older manager at the office and a man she believed would make her dreams come true.
Theirs was a whirlwind romance, soon she would leave the internship and began living with him and his family.