Family members of Brazilian librarian to travel to Cork for trial of man accused of her murder
Bruna Fonseca was working as a contract cleaner in the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) at the time of her death in 2023.
Family members of a young Brazilian librarian who was found dead in a flat in Cork city centre on New Year’s Day in 2023 are set to travel to Ireland later this month for the trial of a man charged with her murder.
Bruna Fonseca (28) was a native of Formiga in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
She graduated from the Centro Universitario de Formiga in 2018 and moved to Cork in September 2022.
She was working as a contract cleaner in the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) at the time of her death.
In a statement MUH described Ms Fonseca as a “hard and diligent worker and an esteemed colleague.” She had travelled to Ireland to further improve her English.
In excess of €50,000 was raised after a Cork based cousin and a niece of Ms Fonseca set up a Go Fund Me page in order to repatriate her body to her home country.
Ms Fonseca was buried in Formiga on January 16, 2023.
She is survived by her parents Tadeu Jose Fonseca and Marina Dos Reis Palharares Fonseca and her sister Izabel.
Following the death of Bruna members of the Brazilian community organised a vigil at the Lough in Cork. She used to go for walks in the picturesque area and had settled in to life in Ireland.
A 29 year old Brazilian man was previously charged with the murder of Ms Fonseca who was found dead in a flat on Liberty Street in Cork on January 1, 2023.
He first appeared before a special sitting of Cork District Court on January 2nd, 2023.
The charge read that on January 1st, 2023 at 5 Liberty Street Miller Pacheco did murder one Bruna Fonseca contrary to common law. The charge was translated for him by a Portuguese interpreter.
A murder trial is set to get underway on January 12 next at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Cork.
Mr Pacheco has been in custody since he was first charged with the murder of Ms Fonseca.
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