Da Paixao Murder Investigation Evidence Sealed In Concord Court

CONCORD, NH — A husband accused of brutally murdering his wife on the Concord Heights Sunday waived arraignment and is due back in court in late September. Emerson Jaques Figueiredo, 42, faces two second-degree murder charges after he was arrested Sunday and charged with killing Nathalia Da Paixao, 35, his wife and mother of their two children. He chose not to appear in Merrimack County Superior Court Monday for arraignment on the charges but reserved the right to an evidentiary hearing at a future date.

According to court paperwork, a request was made to seal the Gerstein affidavit and investigatory materials for the case and a judge agreed to the request.

Figueiredo requested a public defender for himself and an interpreter has been arranged to assist him with his defense, since speaks Portuguese. In financial paperwork filed to be approved for a public defender, Figueiredo listed himself as a widower with limited sources of income. He also reported owning a cleaning company – BR Services of Snow Circle in Nashua – a restaurant, office, and housekeeping service. Figueiredo registered the business with the Secretary of State's Office in May 2014, and had renewed his business information last month. A source told Patch Monday that he was employed cleaning a number of restaurants in Downtown Concord.

Figueiredo was ordered not to have direct or indirect contact, through a third party, with his children. A court conference has been booked for Sept. 24.

Neighbors told NECN that they were shocked by what they were seeing outside of their apartments calling Figueiredo a good person.

A GoFundMe.com effort to assist the children Da Paixao and Figueiredo and pay for her funeral expenses has raised nearly $9,000.

An autopsy was performed on Da Paixao Monday. Associate Medical Examiner Christine James determined the cause of death to be stab wounds and the manner of death to be a homicide.

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