He wanted a passport. 'Enough said.

Sue R, London, England

the point is...17 's truly too young to tell good from bad amoung bunches of soft smiling eyes and sweet flirted words........

they always look so good in pictures...!!

sorry of that poor soul...........

C.liu, BJ, China

The poor girl stole in London because she had no food and no where to live..she had gone off the rails at 13..why..why was she homeless at this age..yes the mother has to take a lot of responsibility..she had a 32 year old brother who could have helped her..she was only 17..that's why she went to Brazil because of lack of support here

annie car, london, england

If her mother really did not want her to go she should have contacted the airports, Cara was a minor & they should have refused her exit. It is a sickening end to a young life.

sarah, france, france

I'm so sorry for Cara Burke and her family... I hope that this terrible case ends with the murder in jail for the rest of his life... I guess Brazil criminal justice includes death penalty in it's law someday.

Paulo Bueno, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

LISA/New Jersey USA,
"Whats wrong with men these days" - what a stereo type that is. Just in case you hadn't noticed, women the world over are killing their own children, molesting their students in schools and commiting the same sorts of evil.....
Evil is what is happening!!!!

David, Savannah, USA

I would like to offer my heart-felt condolences to the family and friends of Cara Marie Burke. There are no words to describe the sheer awfulness and brutality of her murder and the way her body was disrespected afterward. Mr Santos deserves to be sent to an American super-max prison for life.

roland wilson, Papillion, Nebraska, USA

Unfortunately stories like this are more and more common
around the world these days.Victims are often women.We
all should seriously wonder way that's happening ,it probably
has much to do with our deeply materialistic and pityless
society organization.Last, a 17 teen left alone in Brazil?!!

marco, rome,

I think she had sort of psicologic problems, the people around her were not that reliable. What kind of girl do get involved with a dealer drug guy addicted in cocaine? Untrustfull people exist all around the world, not only in Brazil. Tourists keep on visiting Brazil and loving it.

Paulo, Belgium,

the killer has nothing to do with muslims, his name is surely a tribute to the boxer mohammad ali, his family name "carvalho dos santos" comes from portugal. its common in brazil, mainly in poor families, to give "famous" names to their children.

André, São Paulo, Brazil

Goiânia is a pretty city, of simple and educated people. We are the city with better index of the quality of life and the lesser indices of crime of Brazil, this assassinated does not correspond to our type of society, this corresponds the truth of the world of the drugs.sincerest condolences

Bruno, Goiania, Brasil

A friend of mine was murdered here in the US in New Jersey the same way in January 2008. What is it with men these days? If they can't control a woman they just kill her and go party...for him to disrespect her in pictures in a mortifying style is a disgrace. Do we blame the Taliban or humanity?

Lisa, New Jersey, USA

This is maybe the worst story I have ever heard. I hope the Killer is tortured by guilt and then punished severly. It makes me wonder what a 17 year old girl was doing in brazil, and how any so call human being could be soo cruel to an innocent girl. I just hope God will have justice.

Jack, Oxford,

it's funny how this attack prompted someone to turn this into a anti-islam case. the sad thing is that things like this happen everyday by people of all religions or no religion at all. let's stop blaming others and come up with solutions to save people livw.

corey, atlantic city, united states

i no cara and her famly and anyone that did no her would no she had a free spirit and if she had her mind set to something she would do it. i was there many times when i heard her mother and her brother pleading with her not to go its not right to blame her family!! R.I.P i hope u are at peace now

kelly, london, england

This is very disturbing and sad. Even knowing that it was a possible arranged marriage to buy this guy some citizenship there's no excuse at all. The worst is that we have some 50k (yes you read it right - 50.000) assasinations per year in Brasil as a path to stablish a comunist state.

Gauze, Campo Grande, Brasil

R.I.P Cara...
With a horrible crime like this and with an obvious evidence and his confession DEATH SENTENCE should be used to make him an example for all other criminals. DEATH SENTENCE should be put back in action, so that criminals will think hundred times before killing. Killing is not a game

Abdul, London, UK

That was one of the hiddeous crime I have heard. Unfortunately, awfull crimes happens everyday and not just in Brazil. My condolecense to the family of Cara. I know that a lot of brazilian people are ashamed right now, but I hope the english people don't generalize and we can keep spreading peace.

Edson de Andrade, Brasilia, Brazil

Im really sorry for this kid, but thats a big irresponsibility to let a kid travel to another country without nobody together... This crime shocks the Brazilian community and problly he'll get the max of 30 years, reducible with good behavior... but what luck this girl had, met a drug trafficker

Rafael, Rio Preto, SP, Brazil

To be married to a British subject should not give them/foreigners an automatic right to stay here in Britain and gain British citizenship. This is very wrong. This country needs to look after it's own citizens first and foremost.

Chris, Shrewsbury,

His name is Mohammed and he copied the Taleban. He was spurned and couldn't get his own way with a young woman. The religious connection has to be mentioned here, and how women in that religion are regarded.

Joe, Manchester,

The people of Goiânia is shocked with the history of Cara, requests justice!

Wíllame, Goiânia, Brazil

We are horrified with what it happened! the people of Goiânia feel very and want justice! That facts with this serve of alert for parents of everybody, on adolescents to travel with unknown people.

Wíllame, Goiânia, Brazil

This guy has to pay for his crime.....

In the name of all the Brazilians I ´d to tell that we are very sad about all this story .......

here our apologies

:(

Cara * rest in peace *

Beto, São Paulo, Brazil

Guys... the problem isnt the minor visit our travel alone. The problem is BRAZIL ! I am from brazil and know the things if very chaotic here. Please !! DONT visit Rio de janeiro and other violent states. If you want visit brazil, you should visit florianopolis, maceio, Natal etc.

alexandre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Our UK laws that give automatic right of abode to the marriage partner of a British citizen are responsible for a huge 'trade' in sham or convenience marriages.
We need to change this.

Lesley, London, UK

Oh my God... Poor little girl. I am so sorry for his mum.

Alex, Spain,

I´m sorry for all , I´m son of Brazil, the Brazil are embarrassed for that act, we lamented for all, God help ur family.

Michel, Pará, Brazil

to Fred, Charlotte, US
Im surprised to know the US Police is allowed to kill SUSPECTS. Congratulations! This is a great democracy!

By the way... what about the 2 innocents french students killed in London some weeks ago?

Beth, padua, italy

Sanity is at war with madness.... How fortunate that this didn't happen here in America, where the national media would cover-up the identity of the killer. It is another incident in the ongoing clash of cultures and one more warning of the war to come. Wake Up Europe… America.

Tommy, Dallas, USA

i went to school with her (southmead in southfields) she was a nice girl but went off the rails she was in the paper a few years ago for being punched in teh face by a bus driver after he lost his temper after she opened the emergency door on teh but she never had a chance with a mum like hers.RIP

jimmy, ldn, eng

I think anybody who blames the family is crazy. If your a parent I am sure there have been times when you wish you would have done something different. This girl was horrendously murdered and the guy should be tortured. I grieve for the family and pray they can find some kind of comfort now.

kim, hanover, pa, usa

We do not have to make this case just another murdered. WE CAN´T get used. Someone have to do something, cause this is change to a undeclared civil war...

Saulo, Rio de janeiro, Brazil

Geoffrey, death penalty is not an option in Brazil. According to our laws, this murder will get max. 30 years and will be allowed out in 5 in case of good behavior.

Rafael Souza, Vitória, Brazil

There's no point in blaming Brazil, or for that matter any body else, although this is a hinenous crime. What were the parents doing? allowing a minor to fend for her self in a totaly different continent with strangers that she hardly knew, beside her BF.Being a parent, it's OK to be protective.

Faz, Eching, Germany

So Rustom - 2 cases and suddenly all British parents in general have lost all sense of responsibility for their children - slight over-exaggeration don't you think? Also, for at least a couple of centuries it has been quite normal for British teenagers & youths to go off travelling the world!

Gem, Notts,

i hope the guy gets his come ups in brazil prison thay may cut his head off hells waiting..

rob, MIDDLESEX, surrey

Louise, it's funny for a non-UK European hear you refer to Britons as a "travelling culture", especially if you consider the Canaries anything more than the US version of Florida. I'm German and travel 150K miles per year and know Brazil well, but this article did surprise me and peak my interest.

Niklas, Paris, France

There is good and bad people in every country, this is true, drugs have had a big part in this murder, this is also true. i have a teenage daughter and i can tell u when she gets to 17 i will definatly not be letting her travel to anywhere in the world with out a responsible adult.

sean, bedford, beds

If this occurred in the UK, he'd probably get off with a 12 year sentence, which means out of prison after 6 years. Let's hope the Brazilian criminal justice system locks this remorseless thug up for life, or better yet, gives him the death penalty.

Geoffrey Mintz, Bridgehampton, NY, USA

Nick, you are very very very wrong. At the age of 17 she is a "minor" and NOT an adult. She should not have been travelling alone in Brazil with people she barely knew.

As for Mohamed.....Hung....Draw....and Quater him!

Kris, Bristol,

Garth Rex, why is it the governments business? It's the notion that the government can run our lives for us, that has caused this country to go into such a mess.

17 year old girl in the middle of Brazil for three months? What the hell, she was barely out of school!

Patrick Bateman, London,

You Americans have this wrong. At 17 she can do what she likes, she isn't a child. She can leave school, home, get married etc.

Only in America do they keep people children into their 20s!

Nick, London, UK

The reason you hear about girls being murdered is because it sells papers. Britons in general travel outside their country more than Americans therefore an over-reaction from people who don't understand our travelling culture is expected.
A terrible tragedy for her family and friends.

louise, brighton, east sussex

Diana, "related", in English, means a relative. One that would be legally responsible for her, since she was a minor.
I wonder how the British customs allow the child to leave alone with a guy named Mohammed.

Eikinkloster, São Paulo, Brazil

I think Cara's case is as sad as the case of Jean Charles de Menezes who's life was brutally lost. Innocent young people away from their country trying to be happy... I feel sorry for their family. It must be very painful. God bless them.

laura, london, england

I am very sorry for Cara.
Unfortunately, this kind of thing does not happen only in Brazil but everywhere. Let's not start blame Brazilian society for that. I have heard about Brazilians, English, who were brutally killed here in England, USA, Europe, Asia, everywhere.

Rita, London, England

There was a similar case of another 17 year old British girl who was murdered in Goa, after her irresponsible mother allowed her to stay with total strangers, and took off for a holiday with her current beau !
British parents seem to have lost all sense of responsibility towards their children.

rustom Davar, mumbai, india

Diana,
What Garth commented on them not being related is true, as to be related is to have family ties (ser parentes). This was not the case.
A very unfortunate and extremely sad event, condolences to her family.

Natalia, Huddersfield, UK

I´m so sorry for this girl´s family and all the british people. This kind of event reflects the violent society we live in down here. Brazil is an amazing country, with good and honest people, but for a long time it has been losing the batle against criminality, specially concerning drug matters.

Rafael Souza, Vitória, Brazil

This was so unfortunate.... i really fell sorry for her, and i hope the people out there don't think all brazilians are like that, as all countryes in the world there is good people , and bad people.
R.I.P Cara Marie Burke.

Raone Davisson, Sarasota Fl, United states

First of all my condolences to the families both the brazilian guy Mr. Martins and Cara's family. Second, I believe the brazilian guy killed by police in the US was a tragic fatality. How many videos we see that the police follows the criminal for hours? It wasnt fair! He not even had a chance!!!

Cynthia, Washington , USA

People should think twice before going around the world to meet and date punks.

Fabio C, London, UK

17 is still very young to be travelling to a foreign country with friends, in the UK Cara would not be legal to Drink or Vote. I feel for her family she died a horrible death. But she shouldn't have been travelling under age to meet a man however nice he may seem.

Stephanie McDonald, Sidney, Australia

Very strict laws in the USA protect MINORS: Sex with a minor and/or transporting a minor for sex will land you in JAIL quick! If the parents allow, or are neglectful, they also face jail for child neglect and endangerment. BRITISH KIDS ARE VALUABLE! THEY DESERVE LAWS TO PROTECT THEM ALSO!!

Garth Rex, Glendale heights, USA

Poor girl, she should have known better about a relationship with a drug addict...the drug talks and commands. She threatened to turn him in to the police.This evil drug slave killer had no heart at all for he could have asked for help from the girl who cared about him and not harm her.Jerk !!

Luiz Guilherme, Fortaleza, Brazil

Responding to Beth in Padua, unfoirtunately the "innocent" brazilian killed by police in the US was driving while intoxicated, had been stopped for doing the same 2 days prior, run from police when asked to stop, was in the country illegaly, and had drugs in his car. Innocent?

Fred, Charlotte, US

People from Goiânia give sincerest condolences to family!!!

Maurício, Goiânia, Brazil

Cara was lovely....she just wanted more out of life
my condolences to all the family
she definitely had something special
what a waste!!!

pina, london, uk

Innocent brazilians are killed in UK and innocent english are killed in Brazil... In Spain an innocent italian girl on vacation was killed last June, a innocent brazilian guy was killed by the US Police some days ago .... and several similar cases happens everyday in this world!

Beth, padua, italy

she was related to him - he was her boyfriend and they were sharing an apt

Diana, Sao Paulo, Brazil

This is an undeniably tragic loss to all who knew Cara and her family, to whom I give my sincerest condolences.
But the British police cannot be expected to be responsible for crime outside of the UK. For the government to suggest British forces involvement internationally would be unnacceptable.

Adam, Oxford,

1) Where were - and where are - this child's parents?

2) Why do the Brazilian Tourist official admit a female child into the country ...with a man to whom she is obviously not related?

3) HOW MANY MORE BRITISH GIRL-CHILDS MUST BE MURDERD ABROAD BEFORE THE GOVT, ACTS?

Garth Rex, Glendale heights, USA

Something is very wrong here. Many innocent British girls are being killed these days all over the world. I smell a rat, a big rat.
Why are those innocent girls being killed? Scotland Yard must open a new section to deal with those murdered British girls outside England. An eye for an eye,even more

L.A. ISUFI, B. County .N.J., UNITED STATES