Obsession, manipulation and murder: The death of Bruna Fonseca

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast · Jan 27, 2026 · 27m

In 2022, 28 year old librarian Bruna Fonseca fulfilled a lifelong dream to travel to Ireland from her home in Brazil.She was attending English classes in Cork, sending money home from her work as a hospital cleaner and embarking on a new relationship with a fellow student when her life was brutally cut short by Miller Pacheco, the obsessive ex-boyfriend who refused to acknowledge their relationship was over.Last week Pacheco was convicted of her murder, despite his claims of self-defence. The evidence of his obsession, his refusal to let her get on with her life, and his actions in the early…