A trans woman in Brazil died when she jumped from a bridge.

Sheilla Prado, 28, also known as Sheilla Bombom or Candy, reportedly died from injuries sustained by a fall from the Morrotes bridge in the municipality of Tubarão in Southern Brazil.

Prado reportedly ‘threw herself from a bridge after being cornered by pimps who were threatening her,’ on Sunday (20 January) according to TransLivesMatter (@TDoRinfo), a site which monitors murders of trans women throughout the world.

However, local media reported police saying that there was no evidence she was being pursued at the time of her death.

Emergency service personnel recovered her body three days after she disappeared, with her cause of death listed as suicide.

Sheilla Prado (“Sheilla Bombom”) died by suicide on 20 Jan 2019 in Tubarão, Santa Catarina (Brazil). Reportedly she threw herself from a bridge after being cornered by pimps who were threatening her. She was 28. #SayHerName #TransLivesMatter #TDoRhttps://t.co/oCskje9bSg — TransLivesMatter (@TDoRinfo) January 26, 2019

Prado had recently been awarded the title of Miss Trans Porto Alegre in the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul.

Her family members reportedly told local media that she had accumulated debt and was being harassed for payments.

Common and widespread violence

Brazil is one of the deadliest places for trans people in the world.

The country has one of one of the highest murder rates against trans people, with violence against the trans community common and widespread.

Trans advocacy group, Transgender Europe, estimate that 125 trans people were killed in Brazil between January and September 2018.

The past month has already seen several trans women brutally murdered throughout Brazil.

On Monday (21 January), Kelly da Silva, 35, was stabbed to death in São Paulo. A 20-year-old man later confessed to da Silva’s murder. He had allegedly removed de Silva’s heart and told journalists that she was a ‘demon’.

Around the same time, the body of trans woman Yara Serena Camargo was recovered by police in Recife, capital of the northeastern province of Pernambuco. Police estimated that Camargo, who had reportedly been stabbed multiple times, was killed two days prior to her body being discovered.

Nicolly Banks, 26, was shot 11 times in Uberlândia in Southeastern Brazil on 30 December 2018. Banks had survived a separate shooting only a month before she was killed.