Buried underground, filled with concrete
The body of famous Brazilian soap opera actor Jefferson Machado (44) was found in Rio de Janeiro last week. The body was in a wooden crate with concrete over it, buried 6 feet (1.8 m) deep. writer British newspaper Daily Mail.
The chest was dug next to the “sink” in the backyard of a residential building (Campo Grande) in the western part of the city.
It took 9 people to get the man’s body out of the ballot box. According to the investigation, the man was strangled to death. This is evidenced by the metal wire that goes around the player’s neck. His hands were also tied. According to the local edition of R7 News, the victim was identified from his fingerprints.
The prime suspect is the man who rented the house where Machado’s body was found in his backyard. Neighbors last saw him enter the house a few months after the actor’s disappearance. According to investigators, the artist and the tenant knew each other. The name of the young man is still unknown, the reasons are also unknown.
“As the attorney for the Jeff family, I have been tasked with keeping a close eye on the investigation. <…>“We are deeply saddened and angered by this in light of the suffering Jeff has endured,” said Jairo Magalhães, attorney for the Machado family.
The investigation continues.
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The Brazilian soap opera star disappeared in January 2023. Doubts gradually emerged that the actor might disappear. First, members of the Machado family – mother and sister – were contacted by animal rights activists. They reported that Machado had 8 unattended dogs in his home in Rio de Janeiro, where he lives alone. The actor’s mother, 73-year-old Maria das Dores, said she last spoke with her son on the phone at the end of January – she said she came to the casting in Sao Paulo and stayed with a man here. friend
Soon after, the woman started receiving suspicious SMS messages on her son’s behalf from her phone number. The letters were written with a pile of typos. Machado dropped calls from his family. He flatly refused the call, explaining his refusal by dropping the phone in water, and now he can’t call.
The final straw was to change the password in the cloud system on the player’s phone and change the location of the mobile. Her relatives then applied to the police. Officially, the player was declared missing on February 9. From the time the police contacted the body to the discovery of the body, it took about four months.
In his home, law enforcement officers found two starving dogs, the remaining six pets were transferred to the shelter.
“I’m starting over”
“Jefferson was murdered in cold blood and brutality by envious, evil, and of course unprincipled people.” Wrote Cynthia Hilsendeger, a close friend of the artist’s family, on the actress’s Instagram page (the owner of Meta was considered an extremist in Russia and was banned).
Before this post on Machado’s page on Feb 2, 2023 published photo with the text: “I’m starting over. Thank you!”
Jefferson Machado began studying acting in 1997. He played mainly in Brazilian melodramas. She last starred in the Record TV soap opera Flight, which aired in March 2022. There the actress appeared in the guise of a soldier. Prior to that, Machado was one of the protagonists of the movie “The Placebo Effect”, which he co-wrote.