Suspects acted to kill Jeff Machado during sexual intercourse with actor, says MP

The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro (MP-RJ) requested the temporary arrest of Bruno de Souza Rodrigues and Jeander Vinícius da Silva Braga, accused of being responsible for the murder of actor Jeff Machado.

The crime would have been premeditated by Bruno, with the help of Jeander, according to the arrest warrant signed by the prosecutor Sauvei Lai. The Civil Police indicted both for aggravated homicide and concealment of a corpse.

“Those now indicted are suspected of committing the crimes of homicide and hiding a corpse against Jefferson, taking advantage of the moment when they had sexual intercourse with the victim to put into practice a criminal plan, strangling her and placing her corpse in a trunk, to later hide it in the land of the property rented by Bruno, where they buried it and concreted it about two meters deep”, says the arrest warrant.

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Actor Jeff Machado, 44, was found dead and buried in a trunk under two meters of concrete, in the backyard of a house in Campo Grande, in the West Zone of Rio, on Monday (22). He had his arms tied above his head and neck injuries.

He had been missing since January. At the time, he played a philistine soldier in the soap opera Reis, shown since March 2022 on Record TV.

According to the investigations, Bruno and Jeander aimed to obtain economic advantages from the victim, such as the sale of the property and the car.

Bruno Rodrigues was an artistic producer and friend of the actor. According to the investigations, Bruno sublet the property where the body was found and moved around R$ 5,000 in Jeff Machado’s account after the disappearance was registered at the police station.

In addition to Bruno, the police indicted Jeander Vinicius da Silva, who was also close to the victim. During testimony, Jeander confessed that he hid the actor’s body, but denied the murder.

A CNN Bruno Rodrigues’ lawyer stated that he calmly awaits the progress of the investigations.

“Although Jefferson Machado’s body has been located, the circumstances of his death and the hypotheses have not yet been completely ruled out. There are still diligences in progress and as soon as they are produced and delivered to the defense, the latter undertakes to manifest itself in a more specific way”, says João Maia, the suspect’s lawyer.

*published by Tiago Tortella, from CNN

Source: CNN Brasil

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