Sociodemographic and personal characteristics of the victim and feminicide in Metropolitan Lima

Introduction. Femicide is a global health problem, Latin America presents high rates, Peru has implemented its legislation, regulations, criminal sanctions and preventive programs; but the statistics and disappearance of women continue to rise. Objectives. Determine the sociodemographic and personal characteristics of the protagonists of Femicide. Methods. Forensic documentation from the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Peru was analyzed, consisting of 46 medical-legal autopsy protocols for victims of intimate femicide in Metropolitan Lima during the years 2019 to 2020, physical and psychiatric expert reports from the murderers. Descriptive design, census sampling of secondary data collection. Results. The common profile of the victims was to be 18 to 29 years old, single, high school with a formal job and the cause of death was by firearm projectile and the place of death was at his home. The profile of the murderers included being a husband/partner with a police record and a dysfunctional family and have children with the victim. Conclusion. The main characteristics of the victims and their homicides were found, such as age, level of education, the victim’s address, police records, dysfunctional families. In the case of the homicides, they were dissocial and the argument for the homicide was jealousy.