34case filesUpdated Jul 16, 2026
Casepin holds 34 solved cases in Brazil. A solved case is one the record closes with a conviction or an equivalent legal finding; each file names who was convicted only where a court did.
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.
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.
SOLVEDListenMorumbi Shopping, São Paulo, Brazil · 1999
On November 3, 1999, a gunman opened fire inside a movie theater at the Morumbi shopping mall in São Paulo, Brazil, killing three people and injuring four during a screening of Fight Club.
Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenBrazilian Federal Senate, Brasília, Brazil · 1963
On December 4, 1963, Senator Arnon de Melo fired a gun at rival Senator Silvestre Péricles inside the Brazilian Federal Senate in Brasília, missing him but fatally wounding substitute Senator José Kairala, who was trying to intervene. Kairala died in hospital that day; Arnon de Melo was released on grounds of self-defense and the death was treated as an accident.
SOLVEDListenSanto André, São Paulo, Brazil · 2008
In October 2008, 15-year-old Eloá Cristina Pimentel was held hostage for 100 hours in her Santo André, Brazil apartment by her 22-year-old ex-boyfriend, Lindemberg Fernandes Alves, who shot her during a police raid; she died two days later.
The files run from 1844 to 2025. The 2020s hold the most, with 9 files. The oldest is Porongos Massacre, from 1844.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (25), school shooting cases (6) and kidnapping and abduction cases (6).
5 files of the 34 have coverage attached: 16 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. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Escola Tasso da Silveira (02) — Credit: Agência BrasilCC BY 3.0 BRSource
Dom Phillips — Credit: Marcos Corrêa/Presidência da República, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 2.0Source
Homicidio Senado — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource
These files are published and cited but are kept out of search listings for now, either because they fall outside Casepin’s true-crime scope or because they are still being deepened.
34. 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 Jul 16, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
