Credit: Marcos Corrêa/Presidência da República, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 2.0SourceSOLVEDListenVale do Javari, Amazonas, Brazil · 2022
Brazilian indigenist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips were murdered on 5 June 2022 while traveling by boat through the Vale do Javari; two brothers were arrested, one confessed and led police to the buried bodies, and further suspects were later charged.
Esmeraldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil · 2010
Brazilian model Eliza Samudio was killed in June 2010 after a paternity and custody dispute with football goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes das Dores de Souza; he was later convicted of her murder.
SOLVEDListenRio Branco, Acre, Brazil · 2017
Bruno Borges, a Brazilian student, vanished from his home in Rio Branco, Acre, on March 27, 2017, leaving behind encrypted writings and a statue of Giordano Bruno; he returned five months later, and police said there were strong indications the disappearance had been a scheme to market his books.
SOLVEDListenBrooklin Velho, São Paulo, Brazil · 2002
Engineer Manfred von Richthofen and psychiatrist Marísia von Richthofen were beaten to death in their São Paulo mansion on October 31, 2002, in a killing staged as a robbery. Their daughter, Suzane von Richthofen, and her boyfriend Daniel Cravinhos and his brother Cristian Cravinhos were later convicted of planning and carrying out the murders to gain Suzane's inheritance.
Credit: Via WikipediaEditorial useSourceUNSOLVEDListenPio XII, Maranhão, Brazil · 2013
A 20-year-old amateur football referee in Maranhão, Brazil, fatally stabbed a player who attacked him during a match on 30 June 2013; spectators, including the player's friends and family, then killed the referee by stoning, beheading, and quartering him.
Credit: HenriqueCrangCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenEstácio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · 2018
Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes were shot dead on 14 March 2018. Former police officers Ronnie Lessa and Élcio Vieira de Queiroz confessed and were convicted in 2024; brothers Domingos and Chiquinho Brazão were later convicted by the Supreme Federal Court in 2026 for ordering the killing.
SOLVEDListenItaipu Physical Security Sports Association, Vila A, Foz do Iguaçu · 2022
City guard and Workers' Party treasurer Marcelo Arruda was shot dead at his 50th birthday party in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, on July 9, 2022, by Jorge José da Rocha Guaranho, a federal prison officer and Bolsonaro supporter, in an attack widely described as politically motivated.
SOLVEDListenTropicália kiosk, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · 2022
Moïse Mugenyi Kabagambe, a Congolese refugee living in Brazil, was beaten to death on January 24, 2022, at a beach kiosk in Rio de Janeiro after going to collect unpaid wages. Three men were arrested; two were later convicted of his murder in March 2025.
SOLVEDListenBom Jardim, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil · 2017
Dandara dos Santos, a Brazilian travesti, was beaten by a group of men and later shot and fatally struck with a rock in Fortaleza, Ceará, on 15 February 2017. Videos of the attack circulating on social media brought international attention to the case. Six defendants were convicted in two separate jury trials in 2018.
SOLVEDListenPorongos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil · 1844
On 14 November 1844, imperial forces led by Francisco Pedro de Abreu ambushed republican troops of the Ragamuffin War at Porongos, killing the Black Lancers corps and hastening the end of the decade-long revolt.
The files run from 1844 to 2025. The 2010s hold the most, with 11 files. The oldest is Porongos Massacre, from 1844.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (28), school shooting cases (6) and kidnapping and abduction cases (6).
6 files of the 39 have coverage attached: 17 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 2 creators. The most covered is Murder of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, with 5 items to watch or hear. Kendall Rae and Brooke Makenna have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Escola Tasso da Silveira (02) — Credit: Agência BrasilCC BY 3.0 BRSource
Protesto em homenagem a João Alberto, Fotografia Otávio Astor Vaz Costa — Credit: Otávio Astor Vaz CostaCC BY-SA 4.0Source
File:Velório de Marielle Franco.jpg — Credit: HenriqueCrangCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Gabriel Rodrigues Castiglioni (52022) — Credit: Gustavo1488Public domainSource
Dom Phillips — Credit: Marcos Corrêa/Presidência da República, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 2.0Source
Candelaria2 — Credit: FulviusbsasPublic domainSource
Homicidio Senado — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource39. By status: 2 unsolved, 2 ongoing and 35 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Porongos Massacre, from 1844. Open the file
Murder of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, with 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Kendall Rae (1 case) and Brooke Makenna (1 case).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Sep 29, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
