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Silvia, in São Luís, the capital of Maranhão. Brandão moved to the United States as she believed that her children would have a higher quality of life there than in Brazil. So, in 2017, the family finally moved away from Brazil to the peaceful community of Chester County, Pennsylvania, where her sister, Sarah, had already settled. Sarah helped Deborah get situated in the new country and assisted her in finding employment. The two lived near each other and worked together at Sarah’s housecleaning company, trying to provide for themselves and their children. The sisters had a very intimate relationship with one another. In an interview with news network CNN, Sarah Brandão opened up about the pair’s close relationship, stating that “we [Deborah and Sarah] worked together all day. We talked on the cell phone all day when we weren’t

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