Woman charged in fatal stabbing of boyfriend that led to car crash on cape

Crime THE CENTERVILLE WOMAN IS HELD WITHOUT BAIL, PENDING A PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING. After coming upon a car crash victim with a gaping stab wound to his chest, police on Cape Cod have

charged a Centerville woman with first-degree murder. Police arrested Juscelene Guedes, 29, for the alleged killing of a 33-year-old man from Barnstable, according to Cape and Islands

District Attorney Robert Galibois and court documents.  Guedes was arraigned in Barnstable District Court and charged with first-degree murder and assault and battery with a dangerous

weapon, a knife, on Thursday, according to court documents. She was held without bail.  Guedes is expected back in court for a probable cause hearing on Aug. 5.  Advertisement: At around

7:19 p.m. on Wednesday, Barnstable Police received a report of a crash in the area of TD Bank at 226 Falmouth Road, Route 28 in Hyannis, according to a press release from the District

Attorney’s Office.  One of the passengers had a stab wound to his chest, the release said. An ambulance took him to Cape Cod Hospital, where he later died. Prosecutors did not release the

name of the 33-year-old victim, but during the arraignment, Boston 25 News reported that Guedes stabbed her ex-boyfriend, Renato Chaves. At the time of the crash, she, a neighbor, and Chaves

were speeding to the hospital.  Advertisement: When police arrived, Guedes began to run away from the crash. At that point a witness to the crash “turned to officers, pointed out the

defendant, and started screaming, get her, get her, get her,” said Assistant District Attorney Tara Coppola, Boston 25 News reports.  “Members of the hospital staff who talked to the State

Police and the Barnstable Police Department essentially said this was a perfect stab wound,” Coppola said. Police recovered a kitchen knife in the vehicle, she added.  Boston 25 News reports

that Coppola indicated that Chaves and Guedes had a long history of domestic violence and that she admitted to stabbing Chaves while being questioned by police.  Defense Attorney Larry

Tipton acknowledged that his client may have made incriminating remarks to police but emphasized the need to consider the context. “What she did tell the police was, ‘I stabbed him. He

attacked me,’” Tipton said. Boston 25 News reports that Tipton said Guedes was born in Brazil and was a house cleaner. He pointed out the history of domestic abuse. “She has scars on her

body and a recent bruise,” he said. The Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office and the Barnstable Police Department are

conducting the investigation. Second Assistant District Attorney Tara Cappola will prosecute the case.  BETH TREFFEISEN Reporter Beth Treffeisen is a general assignment reporter for

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