An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case (2024)

[bunniefuu]

-Bruno called today?

-No.

What if he does?

I won't answer.

If he calls me, I'll call the police.

He threatened her several times.

Everyone warned her

to be afraid of him, to be careful.

Sometimes he would hit her, and she said,

"He does it because he loves me."

He threatened me on the phone.

He told me he would beat me up,

that he would have me k*lled.

He said, "You don't know

what I'm capable of."

She was chasing

after her dreams.

She was... a dreamer.

And her dream

was to be a goalkeeper.

She thought she was gonna be

a professional goalkeeper.

She wanted it.

Eliza was a big dreamer.

She dreamed of leaving the country,

of becoming... someone.

Police are investigating

the disappearance of 25-year-old

Eliza Samudio,

ex-girlfriend of Bruno,

the goalkeeper for Flamengo.

Bruno was the captain of Flamengo.

The team was famous.

They won every game.

Everyone loved him.

Imagine this goalkeeper

being accused of a crime.

I pray for her to show up

and bring an end to this situation.

Because it's gone on long enough,

and it makes me upset.

I think he thought

that he was king of the world.

Eliza... She really believed

and trusted... in Bruno.

Eliza did everything right.

She sought justice.

She asked everyone for help.

But Eliza was not heard.

"Fear" was a word

that didn't exist in her vocabulary.

She fell for the wrong man.

He said, "If you go to the police

or anywhere else,

I'll come after you. I'll k*ll you."

"I'll k*ll your family and friends

because I know where they all live."

"I know every single one of them."

Where's the body?

There isn't one. Obituary? None.

Coroner's report? None. She must be alive.

We have a big offer, so attention, Brazil.

One million reais

to the person

that is able to bring back here,

Eliza Samudio, alive.

Where's Eliza?

That is the question

that millions of people

would like to know the answer to.

AN INVISIBLE VICTIM:

THE ELIZA SAMUDIO CASE

MARACAN STADIUM

And Flamengo

are officially national champions!

Six time champions of Brazil!

Bruno was an exceptional athlete.

Tall, strong, agile...

BRUNO'S FORMER COACH

...with an excellent ability to react

quickly. An incredible talent.

He was born to be a goalie.

Bruno makes

an absolutely sensational save

at Maracan Stadium.

At the time...

BRUNO'S DEFENSE LAWYER

...the Flamengo team was known

as the Empire of Love.

Vgner Love, Adriano Imperador...

The Flamengo supporters feel

very nostalgic for that team.

And you had Bruno as goalkeeper,

so the team was unbeatable.

And Flamengo

are the champions of Rio!

And he is the greatest champion

of all time!

Bruno would catch 600 shots per day.

SPORTS JOURNALIST - EXTRA

He needed a trainer

and three assistants to help him.

And we thought, "How does this guy do it?"

AUGUSWe reached out to Bruno

for a special edition

of "Have Lunch With Your Idol."

JOURNALIST - EXTRA

It was a column in a magazine

for the Extra newspaper.

It came out on Sundays.

The column was a way

for people to get to know celebrities.

They wanted Bruno.

On that day,

Bruno brought Ingrid with him.

He took pictures with her and showed

everyone his fiance at the time.

BRUNO'S FIANCE

They were together for almost a year.

GOALKEEPER SUPERSTAR

And Bruno's relationship with Eliza

was happening at the same time.

The problem was that Eliza didn't

know about Bruno's relationship.

She didn't know Bruno was engaged.

And from that article,

in which Bruno lunches

with his fans and Ingrid,

perhaps that was the starting

point for this whole story.

24 YEARS OLD

He was treating me really well,

but then I saw an article

in the newspaper about him

that said he had a new girlfriend.

That's when I got mad

and decided to come out

and tell the press that I was pregnant.

We met at a barbecue here in Rio

through my friend

and some mutual acquaintances we had here.

And then we got together.

Tell us more about it.

What was it like?

Earlier you said that he approached you.

Was that it?

Were you alone? What happened?

Yeah, I arrived at the party,

he was there, shirtless, by the way.

He has an attractive physique.

But I didn't speak to him.

I told my friend that I thought

he had a good body.

He was handsome.

I remember my friend said he wanted

to meet me, but I didn't do anything.

But both of us were interested,

so we got involved.

I began to feel sick from drinking,

so I took a test.

Right after, I told Bruno,

and he asked me what I wanted to do.

I told him I was gonna keep the baby.

We continued seeing each other.

Until 15 days ago everything was fine.

It was wonderful.

Then out of the blue he lost his mind.

So what's happening?

He's not answering your calls?

I call him and he won't answer,

or he tells me to f*ck off.

I just don't know what to do.

THIS WOMAN IS CRAZY. I'M NOT THE BABY'S

FATHER - BRUNO FLAMENGO GOALKEEPER

He came out and said he wasn't the father.

In fact, he denied

having a relationship with her.

He had a committed relationship

with Ingrid,

but he wouldn't admit to having

a relationship with Eliza Samudio.

And a year after that article came out,

Eliza disappeared.

AUGUSJUNE

The investigation into the

disappearance of student Eliza Samudio,

who had a relationship

with Flamengo's goalkeeper Bruno,

continues to gain new information.

This Tuesday,

the police resumed their search

on the player's ranch in Esmeraldas,

in the metropolitan region of the Capital.

This all started to come to light

on Thursday of last week.

LEAD DETECTIVE

We received information that Bruno,

the goalkeeper

of the Flamengo soccer team,

had violently assaulted Eliza

at his private ranch.

We were informed of the fact

that she was missing

and that the baby, their son,

was with the ranch's staff.

PRESIDING JUDGE

I was contacted

by two police chiefs at the time,

informing me that they were investigating

the disappearance of a child.

And also the disappearance

of the child's mother.

And... the request was

for a search and seizure

to be carried out at the ranch.

I looked at the request.

I saw that it was well-founded,

and I granted them the search and seizure.

BEGINNING OF INVESTIGATION

2 WEEKS AFTER ELIZA'S DISAPPEARANCE

And so, the saga of this case began.

POLICE

A police officer found a suitcase

that had been completely burnt,

and in that suitcase

were many items of note.

They found a baby's belongings,

such as diapers and clothes,

and also items

that would belong to a woman.

After that discovery,

a full-fledged investigation was launched,

because at the same time,

in Rio de Janeiro,

there was also news from Eliza's friends

that she had gone missing.

Eliza's father believes that

many people connected to the goalkeeper

have important information

and can contribute to the investigation.

DATENA SPEAKS LIVE

WITH ELIZA SAMUDIO'S FATHER

I ask them, with all my heart as a father

to come out of their hiding

and denounce it.

So that this doesn't happen again

to anyone else's daughter.

When she vanished...

ELIZA'S FATHER

...a friend of hers

got in touch with me... right away.

She called me and she told me,

"Eliza is going down a path

that we all warned her not to go down."

"And her life is in danger."

THIS DOCUMENTARY'S PRODUCTION TEAM HAD

ACCESS TO ELIZA SAMUDIO'S PERSONAL LAPTOP

WHICH WAS SEIZED BY THE POLICE IN 2010.

CONVERSATIONS AND TEXT MESSAGES

THAT HAD NEVER BEEN RELEASED

TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE WERE FOUND.

LOVEANDHATE

HE WAS ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT ME

WE USED TO GO OUT TO DINNER ALL THE TIME,

HE USED TO SPOON-FEED ME.

HE NEVER LET ME DRINK ALCOHOL

BECAUSE HE SAID IT WAS BAD FOR THE BABY

HE KEEPS SAYING I WANT FAME, MONEY!

I NEVER WANTED TO GET PREGNANBECAUSE OF THATell us a bit

about your connection with soccer.

You used to play too? What is that story?

I've played indoor soccer for ten years.

I used to be a goalkeeper.

When I met Eliza,

we played on our local soccer team.

She was the goalie, wearing number one.

I was number ten, the scorer.

ELIZA'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND

She was a really excellent goalkeeper.

She had all the skills needed

to play abroad.

And she was incredibly passionate.

Eliza was a goalie. She was good.

ELIZA'S MOTHER

A tomboy. With the large shorts,

a big T-shirt, and a ball in her arms.

She'd tie up her hair and go play soccer

in the middle of the street.

Her defending was fearless.

Eliza would come out

to defend with her arms open,

there was no fear of getting hurt.

An incredible goalie.

Eliza was very young

when we first met.

She lived in the same favela as me.

ELIZA'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND

She lived with her father and grandmother,

who was her father's mother.

Beautiful,

spontaneous.

She had so much joy

and such a beautiful smile.

Considering where she came from

and everything she went through,

no one could take that joy away.

Eliza was named after

my great-grandmother, Eliza Samudio.

ELIZA'S AUNAnd here is Luis Carlos Samudio,

my brother, Eliza's dad.

Eliza lived with us.

We went to school together.

We used to fool around together.

We both liked to go to the river,

to play in the water.

When Sonia got pregnant...

she prayed for Eliza.

We didn't have a serious commitment.

But we did have an agreement.

And I told her,

"If you become tired of it

and want to leave,

you can go away

and leave the girl with me."

And she did.

She just... gave her to me

and left.

I ran away.

And I remember the time when

I went to get Eliza.

I was going to bring her home.

To live with me.

He said, "Come get your daughter.

I'll give her to you."

"But you won't take her with you alive."

I preferred she stayed.

As soon as I saw Eliza,

I liked her immediately.

At first glance, you know?

When Luis and I met, I was 22 years old.

ELIZA'S FIRST STEPMOTHER

He told me that he had a daughter.

At the time, I think she was

about two years old, or so.

She was still a baby, you know?

He brought Eliza with him to my house.

I had Suelen too.

She was almost the same age as Eliza.

We decided to raise them together.

Luis was a very handsome man.

In fact, he was the most handsome man

I had ever met.

He attracted a lot of attention.

I don't know how, but he did.

Later on I learned

from a neighbor of mine,

that she was pregnant with his child.

We fought, split up, I passed out.

He took me to the hospital,

and we found out I was also pregnant.

I was around 40 days pregnant

when that happened,

and she was two months.

When I met Bruno,

I was a little girl.

We lived in the same neighborhood.

BRUNO'S EX-WIFE

We were still dating in this picture.

It was the beginning of the relationship.

Bruno was my first boyfriend,

and my first husband.

He was a player at the time

when we started dating.

But it was nothing. It was the beginning

of his career, the start of a dream.

I'M THE BESWe were humble.

We lived in the favela.

Both of us grew up very poor.

DANCE WITH ME?

Bruno's father,

he'd already been in prison

for committing robberies.

And eventually,

he ended up being k*lled during a robbery.

He tried to steal from a police officer.

He was shot three times.

No one around believed in us.

So we fought very hard.

By watching interviews of Bruno,

I realized how similar

the two of them were.

They were both goalkeepers,

and they came from families

that were a bit tumultuous.

And he accomplished his dream.

So I ask myself,

"What if Eliza were a man?"

Eliza didn't exactly have what

you would call a good childhood either.

She went through the same

hardships as I did.

Lack of love, lack of tenderness.

That made people run away from home,

like I did, like Eliza did.

Eliza was a big dreamer.

She dreamed of leaving the country,

of becoming... someone.

One day, I think it was

about 8 p.m. when she came home.

She said, "Aunt Dulce,

I came here to say goodbye."

"I don't know when I'll be back,

but when I do, I'll be rich."

She said she was going to make

a lot of money playing soccer.

She had something special

that radiated from her.

I always said she was an infant.

Someone different, special.

Sometimes, this kind of beauty brings

you a lot of good things,

but sometimes, negative things.

She came to So Paulo,

but she didn't exactly find everything

that she'd imagined.

An extremely competitive market.

ELIZA'S MOTHER'S LAWYER

She had no contacts,

no experience, it was hard to break in.

In that moment,

she came into contact with people

from the adult entertainment industry.

FRIEND: WHY DID YOU MAKE

THOSE TWO PORN VIDEOS?

WHY DID YOU MAKE THEM?

I NEEDED THE MONEY

SEND

FRIEND: I SEE

BUT I DEEPLY REGRET IT...

PEOPLE GROW FROM THEIR MISTAKES

When she left Foz do Iguau,

she went to So Paulo after a dream.

She made many friends there.

ELIZA'S SECOND STEPMOTHER

They influenced her quite a lot.

She received offers from men,

because she was a very beautiful woman.

Why did she accept them?

Because she was distant

and alone in So Paulo,

and she didn't get the help

that she needed.

She did some things that make people

call her a prost*tute or an escort,

but she wasn't.

Her time there was very short.

She quickly realized

that it wasn't for her.

So she left the job

and made the move to Rio de Janeiro.

Eliza and Bruno met at a party,

through a mutual friend.

A friend who played soccer.

They met, there was an attraction.

Eliza thought he was very handsome.

Right? All of the enchantment

that comes with being a young person.

He had the aura of a famous soccer player.

So all that played a factor.

Unfortunately, she fell for the wrong man.

Later I found out she got pregnant.

It wasn't until after he got her pregnant...

that the real suffering began.

MY SON DIDN'T ASK TO BE BORN.

HE'S THE ONLY ONE PERSON

WHO WILL TRULY LOVE ME

AND DESERVES MY AFFECTION.

NIGHTCLUBS, NIGHTLIFE,

SOCCER PLAYERS, NOTHING MATTERED.

Bruno was at his peak.

He had an invitation to play for Milan,

and the possibility to play

for the Brazilian national team,

so he didn't want Eliza to get in his way.

How could she dare to confront

Bruno, goalkeeper of the nation of Brazil?

BRUNO

#1 IN FREE-KICK SAVES

HE'S GOT GAME

ONCE A FLAMENGO, 31 TIMES A FLAMENGO

BRUNO SAVES 3 PENALTIES

AND GOES DOWN IN HISTORY

BRUNO, AGAIN!

This title is for my family

who suffered all year long.

This award, right here,

this is all for them.

No one can take this title away.

They can take the rest away,

my money, my car.

They can take everything,

but they can't take this title.

DECEMBER

MAY

At the beginning

of our relationship,

he was so wonderful.

Caring,

gentle...

As you embark

on your journey of marriage,

do you promise fidelity to each other

for as long as you both shall live?

I do.

I do.

In that moment, we all think it's gonna

last eternally, "forever and ever."

When I married Bruno,

I didn't think he was a man

who would let success go to his head.

And so, from the moment he started

to get even just a little bit of fame,

more women came along,

he began cheating on me more...

When we moved to Rio...

...the cheating became even more obvious.

I think I counted

something like seven lovers

at the same time.

I found out that he got engaged

at the ranch, the ranch we had together,

while he was still married to me.

The ranch was a place

we would go to as a family.

And he proposed to someone else there.

Probably slept in my bed

amongst my things.

He became incredibly dazzled

by all the attention.

Even more so after he started playing

for Flamengo.

I think he thought that he was

king of the world.

Bruno has more than one

relationship at a time.

He was married to Dayanne,

engaged to Ingrid, boyfriend of Fernanda,

had an affair with Eliza.

And there were many others.

Bruno's life was unreal.

A life full of parties, wild orgies,

living to excess all the time.

Because for a soccer player

the goal isn't everything.

Scoring goals isn't enough.

There's the desire, this incessant need

for masculine self-affirmation.

You have to drink till you pass out.

You have to f*ck till you can't.

You have to participate

in this cycle that's incredibly toxic.

And if not, you can't be a part of it.

You can't keep playing with us.

If there's a place

with endless toxic masculinity,

look no further than on a soccer team.

Bruno, and a number

of other athletes,

have reportedly been involved

in a fight with sex workers at a party.

It all happened on this ranch,

owned by Bruno,

the goalkeeper of Flamengo.

What exactly happened to you?

A friend of mine was alone

with Bruno in his bedroom when I went in.

When I entered,

he began to take off all his clothes.

And I asked, "Do you have a condom?"

He said no. So I denied him.

Then he pulled my hair, called me a wh*re.

He tried to attack me,

and Andrea intervened.

And on the eve

of International Women's Day,

talking about an argument between

Adriano and his wife,

Bruno said this to the press...

Which one of you here, that's married,

has never thrown hands at a woman?

Never had a fight,

or even had an argument with your wife?

Now Bruno,

who already had the situation with Eliza,

is talking this way to the press

about a woman

on International Women's Day.

We showed what was happening

so that we could bring to light

who Bruno really was off the field.

"WHO HAS NEVER LAID HANDS ON A WOMAN?"

Eliza...

at the time, wasn't being taken seriously

for a very specific reason.

They were trying to spin Eliza's story

into the wh*re who wanted to get pregnant,

and have a child with a soccer player

to guarantee alimony.

What do you think of the term

"Maria Chuteira"?

Do you feel a certain way about women

that only date soccer players?

Depends. If the woman is seeking them out,

then I agree with the term,

but what if it's the player?

I think Bruno was angry at Eliza,

not just because she was pregnant,

but because she also made it public.

Because he was exposed.

Bruno was seen as a joke.

He became a fool who was tricked

into having a baby with a gold-digger,

because that's how Eliza

was perceived by the public.

And that was unacceptable.

BRUNO'S SLUMP HAS AN EXPLANATION: HER

FLAMENGO'S GOALKEEPER LOSES HIS COOL:

"THIS WOMAN IS CRAZY"

In soccer we have an expression.

Some players are like old grenades.

Right?

You know they're going to explode,

sooner or later.

You just don't know the time or place.

The only difference is that

Bruno's grenade exploded.

That's it.

ELIZA'S FRIEND

ANONYMOUS TIP

Everyone warned her

to be afraid of him, to be careful.

Sometimes he would hit her, and she said,

"He does it because he loves me."

"He's crazy, but he loves me."

He threatened her several times.

She told us that he would call

her in the middle of the night.

What happened?

First, he called me

around two o'clock in the morning.

OCTOBER

No, 1:48 in the morning

he sent me a message from another number.

I said, "Who's this?"

He said, "Hey, baby!"

I didn't recognize him.

I told him he was drunk,

but he kept saying, "Can we talk?"

I said, "It's hard talking to you

right now because you're crazy."

"I don't know what you're capable of."

I wouldn't meet him, but I was sure

he would come to my house

and do something worse.

Like what?

He came to my house

and started beating me up

and said, "Why didn't you show up?"

"You talked to the newspapers and told

them that you were hooking up with me."

Then he slapped me in the face.

He took me to his apartment,

gave me tons of sleeping pills,

and forced me to drink

this disgusting liquid I'd never seen.

I drank it and slept so long

that I woke up at 2:00 p.m.

When I woke up he said,

"Next Friday you'll have an ab*rtion."

I agreed.

He said, "If you go to the police

or anywhere else,

I'll come after you. I'll k*ll you."

"I'll k*ll your family and friends

because I know where they all live."

"I know every single one of them."

-Anyone have a g*n?

-Yes.

Bruno was the one who put

the g*n up against my head.

And at that point he said,

"I'm worse than you think."

"I'm cold and calculating."

"I'll wait for the dust to settle

and I'll go after you."

"You won't have this baby

because I don't want it."

PREGNANT WOMAN FILES KIDNAPPING

COMPLAINT AGAINST FLAMENGO'S GOALKEEPER

BRUNO ACCUSED OF as*ault, KIDNAPPING,

FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND THREATS

Eliza was a threat to him. Right?

Eliza had a strong personality.

So Eliza went to the media.

She caused a scene, because she was ready

to fight for her son's rights.

She was ready, and it really bothered

the people that were in Bruno's circle.

It created a terror

within his inner posse.

What're you going to do

after filing charges against him?

I don't know, I just want him arrested.

The video of Eliza Samudio

outside the police station,

was so important,

because Bruno was hoping to be

called up to the Brazilian national team.

He was a goalkeeper who was on the rise.

Imagine this goalkeeper

being accused of a crime.

ELIZA SAMUDIO SAYS SHE QUIT SOCCER

BECAUSE THERE'S NO FUTURE IN IT,

BUT HAVING A SOCCER PLAYER'S BABY DOES?

WAS BRUNO RIGHT?

REGARDING THE GOALKEEPER BRUNO'S CASE,

I ASK MYSELF,

WHO CAN WE TRUST?

SHE WAS A PORN STAR!

SHE NEEDS TO GO f*ck HERSELF

SEEMS TO ME LIKE SHE'S LOOKING

FOR HER 15 MINUTES OF FAME

BRUNO ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING?

TRASHY h* GOT A FEW SLAPS

NOW SHE'S SAYING

SHE WAS FORCED TO GET AN ab*rtion

SHE GOT THE FAME SHE WANTED!

JUST A HUSTLER WHO FAILED

GOLD DIGGER!

POOR BRUNO!

Do you have any proof? Anything you can

tell us that would prove your story?

ELIZA, PREGNANT FROM FLAMENGO GOALKEEPER,

ACCUSES HIM OF ASSAULUnfortunately, no.

Only my friend knows that I was with him.

-Because I woke her up to tell her.

-But only that he was at your house...

-Yes.

-...and you left with him.

-Other than that, can't prove anything.

-That's right. I can't prove it.

You underwent an examination,

and it was proven that you were assaulted.

FORENSICS CONFIRM ASSAULBut people are saying that you can't prove

with certainty that it was Bruno.

And there are people

who have raised the possibility

that when things got really bad for Eliza,

she hurt herself

in order to harm Bruno's image.

That's what you wanted to clarify,

right Eliza?

I wanted to give my side of the story,

because people are criticizing me,

claiming that I want fame,

but I don't need that.

Because fame doesn't bring health.

It won't bring happiness,

and it won't protect my child.

Eliza did everything right.

Eliza sought justice, she had lawyers,

she went to the police station

to file a police report.

The judge at the time

denies her any protective measures

that could have been taken,

because she believed Eliza

wasn't entitled to that right.

So she goes to the media.

She asked everyone for help,

but Eliza was not heard.

FIVE THREE-TIME CHAMPIONS FROM RIO

In the photo on this banner,

Bruno is one of the highlights.

Despite all the problems

he's facing in court,

the goalkeeper's contract has yet

to be terminated by the team.

Look, I still have a two-year

contract with Flamengo, right?

So I expect to fulfill it.

FLAMENGO'S PRESIDENEveryone has their virtues

and their flaws.

I can't disturb the whole team,

that's my only concern.

Everything that happened

was greatly influenced by soccer itself.

Because Bruno ended up

not being called to testify,

the lead detective was changed

for the case.

GOALKEEPER COULDN'T TESTIFY

BECAUSE OF A MATCH, SAYS LAWYER

OCTOBER 2009

ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING,

FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND THREATS

-Why are you leaving Rio?

-Because I'm afraid of Bruno's threats.

-Where are you going?

-To Paran.

-You gonna stay with friends?

-Yes, that's right.

I'll be staying with close friends.

-Bruno called today?

-No.

-What if he does?

-I won't answer.

If he calls me, I'll call the police.

He's saying you're crazy,

that you're making this up.

He's crazy, not me.

After that, she got scared.

ELIZA'S FRIEND

TESTIMONY

She asked me to say

that she was in Foz do Iguau

with her family if anybody asked.

Of course, I knew she was in So Paulo...

but she wanted people to think

that she was in Paran.

Eliza really... fought alone.

Not just against Bruno, against a nation,

against all of Bruno's fans,

and against this whole male structure

rooted in Brazilian society,

especially in the world of soccer.

She was an invisible victim.

NOVEMBER 2009

Are your expectations high

for the health of the baby?

I hope so, yes.

Is this baby loved?

Have you always wanted to become a mother?

Of course. Being a mother

is everything in a woman's life.

THE LAST INTERVIEW WITH ELIZA

BEFORE DISAPPEARING!

The results are ready,

and I'm going to explain

to her the situation.

From the ultrasound here

we can tell it's a healthy baby.

And the expected date of delivery

is going to be around

the tenth of February, 2010.

Do you believe that those threats

you mentioned are over

and he can't harm you anymore?

Or are you still very much afraid

that something could happen to you?

At first I was afraid,

but now I'm relaxed, I'm calmer.

-Your baby is a boy.

-Yes.

And what will his name be?

Bruno.

She used to always say

that her son would be a goalkeeper.

"My son will be a goalkeeper,

and he's going to be the best

of the best."

She was always taking care of him.

Bathing him, making sure he was fed,

everything at the right time.

And she would say,

"Things can be missing for me,

but not for my son."

I had a very difficult relationship

with Luis Carlos.

It was a violent one,

full of threats, and break-ups.

And Eliza had the exact same life

as me.

Unlike her,

I left, I ran,

saved myself.

She didn't.

She faced it.

She was completely fearless.

"Fear" was a word that didn't exist

in her vocabulary.

And fear... is

essential for a human being.

JULY

Witnesses,

including friends of the goalkeeper...

ONE MONTH AFTER ELIZA'S DISAPPEARANCE

...said that Bruno's wife,

Dayanne, assisted in the kidnapping

of Eliza Samudio's baby.

The lead detective

wanted to see me.

When I arrived at the station,

Detective Alessandra asked to meet me.

And she sat me down

and asked, "Where's the baby?"

"And where's Eliza?"

At first, I denied to comment.

"I don't know."

But that's when I started to get scared.

Really scared.

It wasn't until she said to me, "Dayanne...

Eliza could be in serious trouble."

"She could be dead."

"Her baby's life could be in jeopardy."

So I told her.

And they went looking for the baby.

Realizing the severity of the situation

involving the safety of this child,

one of Bruno's friends

admitted to authorities,

"I'm the one

who took the baby from Dayanne."

She told me to keep the baby safe

and to drop the baby off

at another friend's house.

We finally found the child,

with a totally random person,

who didn't even know whose baby it was.

They didn't ask where the baby came from,

if there was any documents, parents...

The situation was very complicated.

They found the baby.

The police brought him to the station.

And from the moment that he was

in the custody of the police,

I was charged with being an accomplice.

And I wasn't allowed to leave.

The wife of Bruno

has been arrested tonight.

She has been charged for handing over

Eliza's four-month-old son

to friends of the goalkeeper.

They found the baby in a favela.

We were told the news at midnight,

and our flight was at 6:00 a.m.

We went to pick up the baby,

and find out what had really happened.

It was really emotional taking the baby

in my arms.

I cried so much, you know, holding him.

It was the kind of feeling that

you can't explain.

Being so close to a piece of Eliza,

but having no idea where she was...

It was a frustrating time.

When I saw

that Luis Carlos and his wife Silvia

were the ones travelling

with Bruninho to Foz do Iguau,

I talked to my husband

and my lawyers and said,

"I want my grandson's custody."

"He's staying with me."

Eliza's mother, Sonia Moura,

has left the court in Foz do Iguau

celebrating the judge's decision.

She went straight

to the airport in Confins,

and took off

to meet her grandson in Paran.

This morning, officers

of the court picked up the baby

from the house of his grandfather,

Luis Carlos Samudio,

and took him to the guardianship council,

which delivered him to his grandmother.

And why is your ex-wife showing up now,

after not being present at all

for the last 20 years of her life?

She has...

What are we calling it in the media?

A golden goose in her hands, you know?

When Eliza disappears...

...and the police begin searching

for her son, her father returns.

Acting like a superhero.

He says that he's an architect,

an entrepreneur,

carrying the baby in his arms.

An image that's not true.

Luis Carlos Samudio

is being sued for r*pe.

He was sentenced to eight years

in the first instance,

but intends to appeal for probation.

In light of the fact

that he was convicted in court,

he lost his right to be with his grandson.

And so he disappears again from the story.

Just as he appeared, he disappears.

Watch your head.

There was a news report

about finding the child.

Detective,

can you give us an update?

Excuse me, I have work to do.

Where are you going now?

The next day, we went to Contagem...

LEAD DETECTIVE

...and we started

the investigation for real.

Something wasn't right.

Where's the child's mom?

When was the last time

you were with her?

We were last together around...

Well, I can't say exactly when it was,

but it was probably around two or three

months ago, when I met the child.

Did she give you the baby

or was it someone else?

No, I think...

Just like my lawyer said,

I can't say anything right now.

But Macarro brought him.

He's a good friend that works for me.

He ended up giving me the baby.

BRUNO'S FRIEND

He said that she had left

the child with him

to deal with some personal problems.

He's my employee,

and he can answer you better than me.

I was separated from Bruno

at the time.

So when Bruno came to Minas Gerais,

around the time of what happened to Eliza,

I was already at the ranch.

I was looking for housing in Minas Gerais.

Bruno asked me to look after

the baby while he was gone.

I asked him, "Where's the baby's mother?"

He said she gave the baby to Macarro,

and then Bruno gave the baby to me

and told me to take care of him.

I believed Bruno.

I really did.

WIFE SPEAKS OUT ABOUT THE BABY

DAYANNE ACCUSES ELIZA

OF ABANDONING THE CHILD

AND CLAIMS TO HAVE TAKEN

GOOD CARE OF BRUNINHO

JUNE

JULY

ONE MONTH AFTER ELIZA'S DISAPPEARANCE

I hired a cab with a friend of mine...

JOURNALIS...who's a photographer,

to take us to Esmeraldas.

We wanted to go to Bruno's ranch.

Because we believed that Eliza would have

been there before she disappeared.

We walked around the ranch a number

of times to examine the place,

and see what we could find.

We came across a few burnt objects,

some clothes, a burnt baby's formula can.

And then I stepped in a baby's photo album

and showed it

to the photographer and said,

"Look, what I found."

And we started looking through it.

We discovered that it had nine photos,

most of them burnt.

Three of them we could see a baby's face.

Yesterday, Luis Carlos Samudio,

Eliza's father,

said that the baby in the photo album

found by the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper

is his grandson.

Since this picture

was a portrait of Eliza's son,

it was a clue

that she had been in the ranch,

and it was used as proof of the crime.

POLICE

FORENSICS

On June 29th, 2010,

my supervisor asked me

to examine a vehicle

that belonged to a famous soccer player.

FORENSIC EXPERVIOLENT DEATHS SPECIALISThis vehicle had already been seized.

It was being held for investigation

at Contagem's detention yard for vehicles.

The car of the goalkeeper,

Bruno, was seized by the police

due to documentation irregularities

on the eighth of June.

It has now become the main target

of the investigation

into the disappearance of Eliza Samudio.

When we did an examination

of Bruno's Range Rover,

we discovered

a considerable amount of blood.

We were able to find

roughly 500 milliliters of blood,

which is quite a large quantity.

We took some blood collections

to run tests with,

and those tests revealed

two profiles of DNA.

One that was matched to a male,

and another one that was female

that matched Eliza.

So with that evidence

we were able to conclude

that a fight had happened

in the car between a man and Eliza.

JULY 2010

Bruno, how are you

and your family handling this,

all the harassment you've been facing?

It's been embarrassing.

But like I've said,

I'm leaving everything in God's hands,

and I trust that He knows what He's doing.

I pray for her to show up

and bring an end to this situation.

Because it's gone on long enough,

and it makes me upset.

-Do you think she's alive?

-I expect it. Of course.

That's what we all want, isn't it?

Of course I want her to show up

so we can finally

put an end to this situation for good.

All of Bruno's idiotic lies while being

interviewed by the media were priceless.

I would collect all of this footage,

and then I'd take copies of

his interviews, send it to Investigation.

To show his contradictions

from one interview to the next.

They were all different.

We listened to so many different stories.

His friends, his gardener, everyone.

We detailed everything,

and at the right time...

...the perfect time...

we arrested them all.

JULY 7, 2010

At five a.m.,

policemen from Rio and Minas Gerais

went to the condo where Bruno lives,

but he wasn't found.

On the same morning, Bruno's

lawyer said that he would surrender.

I don't know where he is, probably in Rio.

FLAMENGO'S LAWYER

He'll go to the station

as soon as I reach him.

Bruno's here.

He's just arrived! It's chaotic.

The goalkeeper Bruno

and his friend, "Macarro,"

surrendered around five p.m.

At the police station.

They were received by a large crowd.

This was the biggest challenge

of my career

because it was a massive investigation.

It involved nine individuals,

one of them being the goalkeeper

of the largest soccer team in Brazil.

There were around 50 lawyers

and the testimony of roughly 150 witnesses

that all had to be heard

during the preliminary investigation.

The trial of goalkeeper Bruno

begins this morning.

A motorcade of armored

vehicles escorted Bruno Fernandes

from the Nelson Hungria Maximum Security

Penitentiary to Contagem's court,

in the region of Belo Horizonte.

SPECIAL OPS

Bruno Fernandes

has just arrived at the courthouse

in the city of Contagem,

where in just a few minutes,

he and his ex-wife,

Dayanne Rodrigues, will face trial.

Bruno! Bruno!

Bruno! Bruno!

Bruno! Bruno!

Jesus! I'm rooting for you, Bruno!

I'm praying for you in the name of God!

"I CAN DO ALL THINGS

THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME."

DEAR FRIEND AND ETERNAL IDOL,

WE STAND BESIDE YOU

WE SHALL WIN!

THEY'RE MAKING ELIZA OUT TO BE A SAINT...

THE BABY TRAP CAME

AT A HIGH PRICE FOR HER

A LOT OF GIRLS OUT THERE

ARE TRYING TO PULL ELIZA SAMUDIO'S STUNSHE DIED 'CAUSE SHE WAS MONEY HUNGRY

When the police car arrived that was

escorting the men who were arrested...

LAWYER

...and the cops opened up

the car door for them,

Bruno's fans screamed.

They were... hysterical.

"You're so beautiful," "You're hot,"

"You're sexy," "I love you."

But when the women

that were arrested arrived,

the crowd screamed misogynistic things.

"Dumb blonde,"

"Home wrecker."

"You're a sl*t,

and your hair looks terrible."

Dumb blonde!

The trial

of the goalkeeper Bruno,

and his ex-wife Dayanne Rodrigues

has brought a wave of journalists here

from all over the country.

They are following along, minute by minute

to what is sure to be one

of the most captivating trials

in the history of Brazil.

Attorneys representing Bruno

have promised to fight a real battle.

His defense team is of the belief that

confession is not a good option for him

because there's not enough evidence

for them to convict Bruno.

They did a search

of his whole house and found nothing.

BRUNO'S DEFENSE LAWYER

You can't adjudicate

a missing person case as a m*rder,

because those who disappear

always come back.

State your full name.

FIRST HEARINGS

NOVEMBER 2010

Bruno Fernandes

das Dores de Souza.

Some of the defendants accused

here are your friends

from your childhood

in Ribeiro das Neves.

Your ex-wife and ex-girlfriend are accused

and your friends.

Do you solemnly swear,

to the best of your ability,

to tell the truth about these facts?

I swear to, Your Honor.

Did you save Bruninho's life?

Your Honor,

at no time was his life in danger,

and neither was Eliza,

because I was taking care of them.

I asked if her life was in danger,

I asked her if she needed anything.

She said no.

Your Honor, the only thing she said to do

was take care of the baby for seven days

since he had stopped breastfeeding.

There are people out there

spreading vicious lies.

They're all liars.

They're the same people that think

I took a baby from his mother's arms,

and there's absolutely no truth in that.

Because I took care of him for seven days.

I told her I would take care of him,

and I asked her,

"Are you going to come back for him?"

She said she would be back

in a week to pick up her son.

-Take a deep breath. You're innocent.

-I know.

-Be cool.

-Always. Thank you.

BRUNO'S FRIEND

Evening, Luiz Henrique.

Good evening.

State your full name.

Luiz Henrique Ferreira Romo.

And, for the court,

do you have any nicknames?

"Macarro."

I would like to remind you

that you are not required by law

to answer my questions,

and that your silence

cannot be used against you.

However, if you choose to confess,

penalty reduction can be arranged.

I've been clear with everyone,

he's not only my friend.

He's more like a brother

than a friend to me.

I've never had to question Macarro.

I know the kind of man he is very well.

People say he's a monster,

but he's nothing like that.

The man I know is an excellent person,

a great father.

PSYCHIATRIST ANALYZES THOSE INVOLVED

IN THE BRUNO AND MRCIA CASE

It all started

on this soccer field,

inside the favela where Bruno was born.

It was here, at the spot

known as "The Big Hole,"

where Bruno met his future best friend,

Luiz Henrique, or "Macarro."

The friendship between Bruno

and Macarro transcended the favela.

As Bruno started his career,

his friends began working for him.

Macarro was the right-hand man

of the goalkeeper.

Macarro was always at Flamengo.

He was always there.

The guy was at every single

training session.

Every player has a Macarro with them,

a pet like Macarro.

Everyone does. They're the "doormats."

The guys who don't have

a formal education,

who haven't accomplished anything,

and whose job is being the friend

of a soccer player.

He holds the bags,

or he's the one who turns on

the air-conditioning in the car,

so it's nice and cold

when the player arrives.

He's the one who makes the bed,

the guy who gets groceries,

who buys the beer,

the one that pays all the escorts.

All of the defendants that were sitting

in the courtroom next to Bruno,

all of the people that were

in the inner circle of Bruno,

in one way or another

were taking advantage of him, financially.

Those people didn't hate Eliza.

Those people were simply afraid

that they would lose the lifestyle

they had being with Bruno.

PRELIMINARY HEARING

What was the nature

of the relationship you had with Bruno

before his arrest?

We were engaged.

-Were?

-Are.

-You are engaged? Very well.

-Yes.

What did Bruno tell you about Eliza?

What has he told you about her?

Did he tell you she's alive

or that she's dead?

He says that he's hopeful

that she'll appear.

He's hopeful she'll appear.

Did he tell you where she is?

-No.

-Does he know where she is?

No.

The defense insists

the victim is alive.

I haven't seen a body,

I have not seen a certificate of death...

BRUNO'S DEFENSE LAWYER

...and I haven't seen an autopsy report.

We have a big offer, so attention, Brazil.

-Attention, Brazil.

-One million reais

to the person that is able to bring back

here Eliza Samudio, alive.

One million reais.

NOVEMBER

MAY

ONE MONTH BEFORE ELIZA'S DISAPPEARANCE

Bruno worked hard...

to get Eliza's friends

to tell him where she was.

He tried many times.

Until he found Eliza.

He convinced Eliza

to come with him to Rio.

Why? He'd recognize his son.

and... he said that he would pay the alimony

and give her an apartment.

He offered to raise him.

But the whole thing was a facade.

He wanted to attract her,

and she really liked Bruno.

She liked him a lot.

More than just a lot.

I believe.

FRIEND: WHAT DID HE SAY?

THAT HE WANTS A CHANCE...

THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE IN HARMONY...

THAT WE HAVE A SON!

FRIEND: IT'S THE BEST DECISION

HE SAID HE REGRETS WHAT HE DID TO ME

AND WANTS TO PROVE

HE CAN TURN THINGS AROUND...

FRIEND: THAT'S GREAT!

IT'S MESSED UP. HE LIED A LOT!

BUT BEING AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS

WILL GET US NOWHERE...

WOMEN ALWAYS FORGIVE MORE EASILY, RIGHT?

Eliza,

she really believed and trusted

in Bruno.

When he finally finds her,

he takes her with him.

He tells her that he's going to take

the DNA test and recognize his son.

She was going through a fragile moment.

Bruninho was two months old.

She believed

that if he spent a little bit of time

truly being close to his son,

having that intimate contact with him,

she thought that it would change Bruno.

He would like it.

And

eventually he would feel

like a father to Bruninho.

JUNE 2010

Eliza was in Rio.

6 DAYS BEFORE ELIZA'S DISAPPEARANCE

Staying at a condo.

Everything was planned.

Bruno goes to the pregame.

Eliza was going to bring the baby

so Bruno could meet his son.

Macarro tricks her.

Macarro explained

everything to me.

He told me exactly what happened.

And what was it that he told you?

That she wanted to go

to the hotel on Friday

and cause a scandal

by talking to the press.

And my nephew, Jorge,

was very upset by this,

and the two of them started

having an argument.

They argued, and from what I understand,

the two of them got aggressive.

The turmoil

outside the police station happened

after a shocking testimony.

Inside, a 17-year-old man,

was being questioned about his involvement

in the disappearance of Eliza Samudio.

My sentence has already been given.

BRUNO'S NEPHEW

I'm here to help,

not to bring harm to anyone.

Hours before he took the stand,

his uncle told Tupi Radio station about

his nephew's involvement in the crime.

They picked up the girl.

I'm not sure how they tricked her,

but she got hit by the back of a g*n.

JORGE'S UNCLE

RADIO TUPI INTERVIEW

The boy was scared. He called me

and said, "I hit her in the head."

"Macarro was at the wheel."

Eventually, the boy

named Jorge came to us.

It was at that moment

that he told us the story

of how he ended up

being in the trunk of the Range Rover.

And at a certain point, of this tragedy,

he came out of the trunk

pointed a g*n at her,

she got into a fight with him,

and then things started to get physical,

and they both got hurt.

She takes a hit

and starts to bleed.

Then they start to fight.

She wasn't strong.

He had the g*n,

she was bleeding from her head.

But even, so they fought.

Until he totally overpowered Eliza.

The two men kidnapped Eliza and her son,

and then they took them to Bruno's house.

She was a c*ptive.

Her head's bleeding.

When they arrived at Bruno's house,

they called Fernanda.

The woman was described

by witnesses as blonde,

very beautiful with braces.

To authorities,

that's her, Fernanda Salles,

another one of Bruno's girlfriends.

She was mentioned

by Bruno's 17-year-old nephew, Jorge,

when he revealed the plot

behind the disappearance of Eliza.

According to him, Fernanda took part

in the kidnapping of Eliza

by moving her from Rio De Janairo

to Belo Horizonte.

JURY HALL

The floor belongs to the defense.

Fernanda had already

been acquainted with Bruno in 2010.

She had spent a Friday evening with Bruno.

Then one night, out of the blue,

Luiz Henrique asks for her help

but doesn't explain what for.

He just asks her to take care of this baby

while he talked to someone

in the other room.

She asked,

"But whose child am I holding here?"

It was Eliza's.

Bruno? He was training.

He had a match on the fifth,

and Eliza was kidnapped on the fourth.

FLAMENGO VS GOIS

He comes, dribbles,

cleans his path, another dribble,

JUNE 5

5 DAYS BEFORE ELIZA'S DISAPPEARANCE

Douglas kicks, Bruno saves!

Another kick, and it's a goal!

Just to get an idea...

...how bad Bruno's mind was,

he lost the game at the Maracan.

Flamengo doesn't lose at the Maracan.

They're the champions of Brazil.

Well...

Uh... when I got home,

she was talking on the phone with Macarro

about a financial agreement.

I remember she wanted something

like 1,500 reais

before all this confusion began.

After that conversation, it changed.

She wanted 50,000.

She said, "Look, I have some expenses,

I have some debts I need to pay."

So, she asked for some money,

just so she could get by for the week,

while she tried to pay off

her debts in So Paulo.

But I claimed to not have 50,000.

I offered 30,000.

So I made her a proposition.

I told her that she should stay

where she was in Rio de Janeiro,

and that I would deposit the money,

and we would have a deal.

All taken care of. Okay?

But then, she said she didn't trust me.

She wanted the money then.

So I didn't invite her to my home.

She was the one that wanted to come.

She came to Belo Horizonte willingly.

They put Eliza in the Range Rover,

and then he got in the X5,

and they left that same night.

Right away.

During our investigation, we discovered

the car had a GPS tracker.

Everything that I've been saying here,

the whole route, was being tracked.

All of it.

They arrived at Belo Horizonte at dawn.

We know that they took

her phone away from her.

And they held her in a room

at Bruno's ranch, a hostage.

She stayed there for six days,

and the ranch was visited

by Bruno's friends,

and other women.

The ranch was a constant party.

People were having sex, there was music.

We were all talking.

And, Your Honor,

in case you want to check,

people that were passing by

on the street could see us.

My ranch is totally open.

Nothing's blocked off.

We were talking,

I was playing with Bruninho,

I was connecting with my son.

-People are saying he's mine, right?

-You were playing with Bruninho...

I played with him,

and I developed a real love for him.

I love kids.

It's been a dream of mine,

which few people know, to have a son.

To have a boy.

We were playing with the baby,

and I was talking with Eliza.

-Got it.

-Your Honor, it was totally normal.

We all made something to eat

for lunch, she ate with us,

she helped pack everything up.

I can remember the little baby Bruno

lying there, next to her.

I could see it all.

She was there with us.

We were all outside, at the top,

where the kitchen used to be.

We were all hanging out there.

Eliza included.

There wasn't a moment she was locked away,

trapped in a room, alone.

At any point did she talk about

being assaulted on that day?

No.

Yeah, I even asked her.

She said she wasn't hurt or anything.

She did have a bruise on her finger,

I asked her about it.

She said it was an accident with the door.

Srgio, I read you

the report this morning, right?

BRUNO'S COUSIN

You are aware of the accusations...

that are being filed

against you in this process.

Did Bruno say anything to you

about whether he was going

to the ranch before the game?

-Before the soccer match?

-No, he did not.

On the day

of the party at the ranch,

do you recall?

Was it Tuesday?

Did the speaker situation happen on Sunday

-or was it Tuesday?

-It was Tuesday.

The testimony

of Srgio Rosa Salles

was by far the strongest against Bruno.

He says he saw Eliza

with an open wound on her head.

We returned to do a more

detailed investigation of Bruno's ranch

because his cousin Srgio

had told us that he had seen Eliza there,

and that she was being held

hostage inside the ranch.

So we went back for him to walk us

through exactly what had happened,

and where he saw Eliza

while she was being kept on the property.

The police have confirmed

that she was assaulted many times.

In order to drown out the sound

of her screaming,

the 17-year-old said

they blasted loud music non-stop.

Thanks to witnesses, we know

she was verbally and physically assaulted,

especially by Macarro.

He was acting

really violently towards her.

Throughout her entire time

being held hostage at the ranch,

Eliza was forced to call friends

and say she was fine.

On the ninth, she made her last contact.

It was on the ninth,

Macarro and Bruno, were together.

They came to pick up Eliza.

JUNE

MARCH

FINAL HEARINGS

And she left on Friday, correct?

Yes, Friday, Your Honor.

Let me explain it to you.

We had already come to an agreement.

I would give her the 30,000.

On that Friday,

It must have been sometime

in the late afternoon,

after lunchtime.

After lunch, around five or six o'clock,

she left the ranch.

Said goodbye and left.

With whom?

Her...

Semicolon.

And Bruninho.

"She left with him,

comma, with Bruninho."

Luiz Henrique.

"Comma, Luiz Henrique."

-And Jorge.

-"And Jorge."

When she was leaving the ranch,

did it look like she was going on a trip?

Did she have any luggage with her?

I didn't see any luggage.

I already said that.

-Didn't see anyone carrying bags?

-No. I didn't see.

Where was she going to, Bruno?

She didn't say anything,

other than about the money,

that she needed the money

to solve personal problems in So Paulo.

So until then, Your Honor, I believed

she was leaving.

I believed that was the end of it.

On the tenth...

they told Eliza that they were going

to come with her to her apartment...

so they could see

where she was going to be living.

All lies.

In reality... they were going to Bola.

KNOWN BY THE NICKNAME "BOLA"

How did this conversation start

between you and Jorge?

The day they took her

he was talking to me.

I asked him where they took her,

and he told me.

-Mm-hm.

-They took her to see the apartment.

So I asked which apartment,

and he turned and said,

-"I'm gonna tell you the truth."

-Mm-hm.

That's when he told me

that they took her to be k*lled.

They met next to the stadium

and took the road.

Bola was on bike.

Macarro was in the car with Jorge,

and in the back were Eliza and the baby.

"Follow me."

Bola went ahead.

And he brought them to his house.

When they arrived at

the house,

they got out of the car,

and left the child

in the back seat.

Jorge and Macarro

went inside with Eliza.

To the middle room of the house.

There were three rooms.

So, to the middle room.

There was a chair.

And there, next to it, was a rope.

They sat

Eliza

in the chair.

Bola takes her hands behind her

and ties them with the rope.

Macarro helped.

At that point,

Eliza says to Bola,

"Don't beat me anymore."

Bola says, "I'm not gonna beat you,

I'm gonna k*ll you."

He put her in a headlock,

and strangled her to death.

Suffocation is very ugly.

It's horrific,

to be suffocated.

So what happened?

Jorge was watching the entire scene,

and he got really scared.

Jorge told us.

He disclosed everything I'm saying

about the kidnapping,

the hit in the head,

when she was...

When she was c*ptive at Bruno's ranch,

and her time at the apartment,

in Rio de Janeiro.

He told it all,

and he showed us the house.

The entire nation of Brazil

has its eyes fixated on this address.

Here lives Marcos Aparecido dos Santos,

or Bola.

The team of forensic analysts

have been hard at work,

since Bruno's teenage cousin disclosed

that the m*rder of Eliza Samudio

happened here.

A friend of mine,

an officer at the local

police department at the time,

escorted the minor to Bola's house.

When they were starting

to get close to the house,

the minor began to get really nervous.

The officer said to me,

"I've never seen someone so terrified."

"I've never seen someone

shivering like that."

"Oh no, please don't make me

go inside that place."

He refused to go in.

He was sh1tting his pants.

He was scared to death.

Probably it all happened there,

in that house,

because the young man

was clearly terrified of Bola.

And

he wasn't just afraid

that there was a chance

he would have to see Bola again.

He was traumatized

from the shock of going back to the house,

and just the thought that he would have

to relive that moment of horror.

The minor claimed

that the man was called by Macarro

just to scare Eliza.

He had no idea

that the model was going to be k*lled.

After cutting up her body,

the former police officer, Bola,

showed up with a black bag

and gave Eliza's remains to the dogs.

We're at Vespaziano,

in the city of Belo Horizonte,

and the firefighters' work will begin now.

We can see

that there are many dogs inside.

According to Jorge's testimony,

those are the dogs

that ate the remains of Eliza.

When we arrived at the house,

Bola had security cameras

surrounding the premises.

He was watching.

He saw the police were coming

and he escaped.

We used a photograph

of Bola...

and arrested him.

Marcos Aparecido

was arrested this Thursday,

accused of suffocating Eliza Samudio

to death at his house in Vespaziano.

Back up! Back up! Back up!

We had to attain a warrant to perform

a search and seizure of Bola's house,

because Jorge said

that he had cut her into pieces

and hid her remains inside the walls.

We did a thorough

examination of Bola's house.

We used a forensic light

to search for blood,

hair, or other types of biological fluid.

We searched for absolutely anything

that could possibly lead us to confirming

the presence of Eliza on the property.

We had a strong suspicion

that Eliza was possibly buried there,

somewhere on the premises.

We had detection dogs,

searching for her scent,

but we were unable

to find anything related to Eliza

anywhere on the property.

We carefully analyzed the area

the dogs had been searching,

but nothing was found.

So, how can we say with absolute certainty

that the dogs didn't actually eat Eliza?

Because if they had,

there would be blood there.

It would be impossible

to commit this type of crime,

involving the dismemberment

of a body, without blood.

JUNE 10

MOMENTS AFTER ELIZA'S DEATH

When I got to the ranch,

only Bruno and Srgio were there.

After a few minutes passed,

Luiz and Jorge arrived with the baby.

Just them and the baby.

I wasn't there at the moment

they gave the baby to Bruno.

I don't know what they said to him.

All I know is that Bruno asked me

to look after the baby.

He said Eliza had given the baby

to Luiz Henrique.

And she had asked

if I could take care of him.

The baby was crying,

he was hungry, and wet.

I changed his diaper and I cleaned him.

I heated up a bottle of milk for him,

because he was crying so much,

he was so hungry.

And then I gave him his bottle.

During the interrogation,

the prosecutor presented a letter

Dayanne had written

to her ex-husband, Bruno.

In the letter,

she described that Srgio told her

Macarro's intention

was to k*ll Eliza and her baby.

The thing that really hurts me the most

is imagining... her

dying.

Her last moments living on this earth,

her last seconds alive...

were thinking of her son

having the same fate as her.

Detective, your team has already managed

to make it past the tip

of the iceberg in this case.

Are there any further clues to help you

discover where this body might be?

Well, we have to start

from the site of the m*rder,

the execution.

We'll map it from there.

The focus of the search

for Eliza Samudio's body

has now pointed investigators

to this lagoon, in Minas Gerais.

After receiving a tip,

the police began searching yesterday

in the waters

of another lagoon in the city.

"Where's Eliza's body?"

That's the question that thousands

of people are asking themselves.

There were so many theories going around.

I heard countless stories where people

were sure they knew where the body was.

There were people that said she was buried

in a secret cemetery outside of the city.

Or I heard people say that she was put

in some sort of a mass grave,

a pile of bodies, with white chalk

thrown all over the top.

An anonymous tip

sent firefighters to this ranch,

supposedly used by

Marcos Aparecido Dos Santos,

also known as Bola.

There were several

excavations that took place,

in order to find the remains

of the former model.

The firefighters searched inside

two cisterns found in the area.

We searched the whole area

and we found nothing.

Firefighters did excavations

in the vicinity

of the former Flamengo goalkeeper,

Bruno's, ranch.

The excavations ended

without solving the mystery

surrounding the remains

of Bruno's former lover.

We pursued every lead imaginable,

every clue we had been given,

every piece of information we received.

We would investigate scenes

of tires being burned

where someone could've been lit on fire,

clothes that had been discarded

on slopes or river banks.

We did an incredible amount of tests,

of every kind you could possibly imagine.

We searched for Eliza's remains.

And we found nothing.

The search

for Eliza Samudio has been suspended

until a new report shows up.

Even without the body,

the materiality of the crime

can be proven indirectly,

both with the use of experts,

and testimonial evidence.

There was an infinite amount

of technical proof

that, in fact,

Eliza had been brutally m*rder*d.

Right here...

is the death certificate

of my daughter Eliza.

"Cause of death: Use of violence,

applied in the form of asphyxiation."

"Strangulation."

"Burial, cremation."

"The body is considered to be unburied,

because the corpse hasn't been recovered."

This is an official document.

k*ller!

k*ller!

k*ller!

Where's my daughter's body?

What did they do to it?

Go ask Macarro, Bola, Zez, Bruno.

Maybe they can tell you...

what happened to Eliza.

Why is it so difficult to admit it?

When it's clear to everyone,

clear to the whole world,

they were the ones that k*lled her.

I think Bruno doesn't have all the answers

that we want him to have.

I think he has some of them.

Maybe not all the answers, but some.

The change of strategy

in the former goalkeeper's defense

happens a year

and eight months after his arrest.

According to Bruno's lawyer,

Eliza Samudio was m*rder*d.

We are sure

that this entire plan was Macarro.

He planned it, he did...

uh...

the profiling and

he committed the crime,

by sending Bola to k*ll her.

After the crime came to light,

after everything had been exposed,

we saw Macarro when he was shirtless,

and he had an intriguing tattoo.

Macarro had this wild tattoo.

"Bruno and Maka, forever love."

We saw this, and it took the case

in a completely new direction.

Two years,

four months and 22 days in jail

undermined a friendship, and destroyed

this complicated relationship.

Macarro said,

"I can't take it anymore. I want to talk."

THE BRUNO CASE:

MACARRO WON'T TAKE THE BLAME

I talked to Bruno,

and I told him, "Bruno..."

FINAL HEARINGS

NOVEMBER 2012

"...I'm asking you not as a friend,

but as a brother,

please leave this girl alone,

get rid of her."

So you're saying

you were aware that he...

-Because I knew he was going to k*ll her.

-Uh-huh.

"I know that your family is going

to say that I ended your life,

that I'm responsible

for ruining your career,

but I need you to be a man

and take the fall for this."

"Look."

"You know I wasn't born for this.

This is all wrong."

He said, "Don't be a p*ssy.

Leave it all to me."

MACARRO ADMITS THAT BRUNO ORDERED HIM

TO k*ll ELIZA AND SURPRISES HIM

In a turn of events,

prosecutors say that Bruno's participation

is confirmed as the mastermind

behind Eliza Samudio's m*rder.

He says,

"I took Eliza to a certain location."

She left my car,

entered another vehicle,

and in that moment,

I felt that she would be k*lled."

He doesn't say anything more than that.

It was considered a confession,

and his sentence was reduced,

from 20 to 12 years.

From the moment Macarro gives

his version of the events,

a confession that he undoubtedly

made to benefit himself,

he creates proof,

and that proof

was then used by prosecutors

in the trial against Bruno.

The defense's strategy

was to encourage Bruno to confess.

At her arrival in court,

Bruno's wife, Ingrid Oliveira,

says Bruno will end his silence.

He's going to speak, he will.

Will there be a confession?

There's not going to be a confession,

there's no agreement.

He will talk about what he knows.

FINAL HEARINGS

MARCH 2013

I turned and asked them...

"Where's Eliza?"

"In God's name, what have you done?"

I asked Jorge,

but he told me to ask Macarro.

Because Macarro...

helped k*ll Eliza.

I asked Macarro, "What did you do?"

"You ruined my life."

And did Macarro admit this?

He said I was being crazy,

I was out of my mind,

but I knew something happened, Your Honor.

At that moment

I was desperate, Your Honor.

I cried so much.

I was afraid what would happen.

So I kept asking Macarro what he did.

I kept saying to him...

"It wasn't necessary.

Why did you do this?"

Did you know Eliza Samudio

was going to be m*rder*d?

I didn't know,

I didn't ask for it, but I accepted it.

You already said

you didn't ask for it,

but did you benefit from her death?

Yes.

Do you think you could have

prevented the death of Eliza Samudio?

Yes, sir.

He was the mastermind.

Take Eliza's statements, the way she died.

It was exactly the way

he said he was going to do it,

and he did it.

The goalkeeper Bruno has admitted for

the first time that Eliza Samudio is dead.

Flamengo's former goalkeeper

denies pulling the strings

but admits he was aware of the crime.

It was a dawn of expectations

in front of Contagem's court.

There were three hours

between the jury's decision

and the announcement

of the sentence by judge Marixa Rodrigues.

His social conduct

is equally unfavorable,

exhibited by the defendant

Bruno Fernandes'

involvement in the dark side

of the world of soccer.

Regarding his personality,

circumstances do not favor him.

He has been proven to be cold,

violent, and disingenuous.

Bruno's personality is distorted

and deviates

from the standards of normality.

The personality of the defendant indicates

a complete subversion of values.

The sentence totals 22 years

and three months in prison

in accordance with article 69

of the penal code.

Eighth of March, at 2:22 p.m.

-Sir, is this courtroom adjourned?

-We are, Your Honor.

This trial is closed.

I don't have my daughter's remains.

That's what I wish I had the most.

Are you satisfied

with the sentence?

It should be longer.

Bruno's trial, for me,

was extremely painful and shocking.

It was a mix of bad feelings.

Why not just tell the truth?

He knows what happened. Why not talk?

What's he afraid of?

This isn't justice.

My daughter didn't get justice.

He said,

"I'm worse than you think."

"I'm cold and calculating."

"If you go to the police or anywhere else,

I'll come after you. I'll k*ll you.

"I'll k*ll your family and friends,

because I know where they all live."

"I know every single one of them."

"If I k*ll you, and hide your body,

no one will suspect me."

IN 2013, BRUNO WAS SENTENCED

TO 22 YEARS AND THREE MONTHS

FOR TRIPLE AGGRAVATED HOMICIDE,

KIDNAPPING, AND CONCEALMENT OF A BODY.

IN 2019, HIS SENTENCE WAS REDUCED

TO A SEMI-OPEN REGIME.

HE WAS RELEASED IN 2022.

IN 2012, MARCOS "BOLA" DOS SANTOS

WAS SENTENCED TO 34 YEARS IN PRISON.

SINCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF THREE

OTHER HOMICIDES AND REMAINS IN PRISON.

LUIZ HENRIQUE "MACARRO" ROMO

WAS SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON,

12 FOR ELIZA'S DEATH

AND 3 FOR BRUNINHO'S KIDNAPPING.

IN 2018, HE SERVED THE REST OF HIS

SENTENCE UNDER A WORK RELEASE PROGRAM.

IN 2013, DAYANNE RODRIGUES

WAS ACQUITTED FOR THE KIDNAPPING

AND FALSE IMPRISONMENOF BRUNINHO SAMUDIO.

IN 2022, JORGE LUIZ ROSA, BRUNO'S NEPHEW,

WAS k*lled IN RIO DE JANEIRO

TWO WEEKS AFTER BEING RELEASED

FROM PRISON.

Bruno, let's talk about your future.

Are you ready to play again?

Can you face the goal?

I'm preparing myself.

Without a doubt,

the majority of the attention

given to this entire process,

and the greatest focus

was on the athlete who lost his career,

and messed up his life,

because of something stupid he did.

Eliza Samudio was erased

by the spotlight of her k*ller's... fame.

A majority of the press turned their goal

into creating a profile of Bruno,

as if the storyline was,

"Poor Bruno, he committed a crime."

And they forgot to talk about the story

of Eliza.

They erased the victim,

and the perpetrator, the one who deserved

the least attention,

became the main character of the story.

The announcement of Bruno's

return to soccer

caused criticism on social media.

The goalkeeper Bruno presented himself

to Boa Esporte football club,

in Minas Gerais.

The team lost all of its sponsors after

the announcement of Bruno's hiring.

Nowadays, we see a lot

of other cases of soccer players

who r*pe women and are arrested.

Of course,

Bruno's case is an extreme scenario,

because he was found guilty for homicide.

But nowadays, you see a lot of soccer

players involved in crimes against women.

Robinho and four other people

have been arrested.

They have been charged for assaulting

an Albanian woman whom they encountered

at a nightclub in Milan.

Today, the Spanish court

sentenced Daniel Alves

to four and a half years in prison

for the r*pe of a young woman

in a nightclub in Barcelona.

I'll sit here,

and sometimes I look at Bruninho

and I think to myself, "Oh God."

"What's the future

going to be like for you?"

"With all these choices that you've made."

I didn't ask for this.

From a very young age,

my husband would take him to play soccer.

They would go and kick the ball around.

He would always say,

"I'm going to be a goalkeeper."

Never wanted to be anything else,

but a goalie.

He didn't know his story.

He knew absolutely nothing about the fact

that his parents were both goalkeepers.

Bruninho Samudio, son of Eliza Samudio,

has signed his first soccer contract

with Athletico Paranaense.

The signature

of the 14-year-old player's contract

happened on the day his mother

would have turned 39 years old

if she were alive.

I believe he's gonna be

a great goalkeeper, like his mother said.

"The greatest of all time.

Better than your father."

She would have said that to him.

I'M GOING TO GET MY GED

FRIEND: YOU'LL HAVE PEACE!

AND DON'T WORRY, IT'S ALL IN THE PAST!

I BELIEVE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING IT!

I WILL NEVER BOTHER HIM, YOU KNOW THAT!

ALL I WANT IS PEACE

TO RAISE MY SON AND STUDY...

TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT FEAR!

FRIEND: GOD WILLING.

I WANT TO GET MY GED

SO I CAN GO TO COLLEGE...

I HOPE THAT BY THEN I'LL HAVE ALREADY

RESOLVED THINGS WITH MY SON'S FATHER.

IT'S UP TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

IN BRAZIL, EVERY 6 HOURS,

A WOMAN IS A VICTIM OF FEMICIDE.

TO THIS DAY, BRUNO HAS NEVER ADMITTED

TO BEING THE MASTERMIND OF THE CRIME.

FLAMENGO'S REPRESENTATIVES WERE CONTACTED,

BUT DID NOT WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED

FOR THIS DOCUMENTARY.

ELIZA SAMUDIO'S BODY WAS NEVER FOUND.

ELIZA SAMUDIO'S CASE INSPIRED CHANGES

IN BRAZIL'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW

AND THE IMPLEMENTATION

OF THE FEMICIDE LAW.