Brazilian soap actor who was found stuffed inside a trunk was killed by conmen who promised him lucrative TV work while stealing his money, his mother claims

Jefferson Machado, 44, was discovered buried beneath the floor of an outhouse in Rio de Janeiro on Monday

Rio police deployed jackhammers to break the concrete floors before excavating the remains which was inside a wooden trunk six feet under the floor of an outhouse

Maria das Dores alleges that her son, Jefferson Machado, was killed by men who promised him help to land a role in a soap opera on Brazilian network TV Globo

She said the suspects killed her son – who was found with a wire around his throat – because they were aware he was going to receive money from a lawsuit

Dores says the pair killed Machado – who was found with a wire around his throat – so that they could take his car, house and funds from a lawsuit he had recently won.

was declared missing in February and on Monday was found dead inside a wooden trunk six feet under the floor of an outhouse in Rio de Janeiro 

Brazilian soap opera actor Jefferson Machado [photo], disappeared from his home in January and was officially declared missing in February. His remains were found buried in an abandoned building in Rio de Janeiro on Monday

A Brazilian soap actor who was found stuffed inside a trunk was killed by conmen who promised him lucrative TV work while stealing his money, his mother claims.
Jefferson Machado, 44, known for his roles on Brazilian TV, had been missing since January 27.
His distraught mother, Maria das Dores, has claimed that her son was hoodwinked by conmen who promised him acting success at a top network while taking his money, only for him to be found buried in the backyard of a Campo Grande, Brazil, home.
The Rio de Janeiro State Civil Police suggested that Machado was killed after he learned he was the victim of an embezzlement.
Das Dores says the pair killed Machado – who was found with a wire around his throat – so that they could take his car, house and funds from a lawsuit he had recently won.
‘He believed in these false friends who led him to believe he was going to make it, even taking money (him),’ das Dores told local outlet G1.
‘He was deceived, totally deceived, he died thinking he was going to join Globo.’ 

Brazilian soap actor who was found stuffed inside a trunk was killed by conmen who promised him lucrative TV work while stealing his money, his mother claims

On Monday cops from the Rio de Janeiro State Civil Police lifted the wooden trunk with the remains of missing actor Jefferson Machado

Officers of the Rio de Janeiro State Civil Police excavated the wooden trunk with the remains of missing actor Jefferson Machado. The trunk was removed from under the floor by Civil Police agents in Rio de Janeiro on Monday
The 44-year-old’s cause of death has not been revealed, but a family lawyers suggested he may have been choked to death because cops found he had a metal wire wrapped around his neck

The wooden trunk containing the remains of Machado was excavated from the floor of the outhouse by Civil Police agents in Rio de Janeiro on Monday

Machado last acting gig came in 2022 when he had a role in Record TV’s soap opera, ‘Reis,’ and was expecting join the cast of a TV Globo soap that was going to begging recording in February, the same month he was official ruled missing by police after he disappeared in January.
However, his mother had the impression that they were stringing him all along.
‘It was a complete deception. I said: ‘My son, this is not going to work, they can’t do it, who is this guy to do it?’ das Dores said in the interview. ‘He would answer me that they had friends and that they would make it, thinking that someone from inside would help.’
Family lawyer, Jairo Magalhães, on Friday revealed that Rio de Janeiro were close to closing the investigation and were awaiting for a warrant to arrest dos suspects.
‘The police are hearing from two people today,’ he said in a text message. ‘They are very close to finding the perpetrators of this barbaric crime and arresting them.’
Two individuals answered to subpoenas Friday morning, but declined to provided their names to reporters, G1 reported.

Cops in Rio de Janeiro searched an outhouse Monday and discovered the body of missing actor Jefferson Machado tied up inside a wooden trunk that was buried under the floor of the property.

The trunk was found buried six feet under the floor of the outhouse that was rented by the property owner to a man who has been identified by Rio de Janeiro authorities but not yet arrested

Cops in Rio de Janeiro searched an outhouse Monday and discovered the body of missing actor Jefferson Machado tied up inside a wooden trunk that was buried under the floor of the property. The person who was living in the outhouse was still missing as of Wednesday.
Machado’s family learned of his disappearance after an NGO found that he had abandoned his dogs at his Rio de Janeiro residence in the west side neighborhood of Campo Grande on January 27.
Das Dores communicated with her son a few days later and learned that he had traveled to São Paulo for a job interview, but was suspicious of the conversation because it was via text instead of video after he claimed that he had dropped his cellphone in the toilet.
Doubts grew even more in February when Machado’s cloud’s password was changed and his location was deactivated.
After months of investigations, the Rio de Janeiro State Civil Police was able to track down Machado’s whereabouts to an outhouse in Campo Grande.

Rio cops first jackhammered the concrete floor of an outhouse in Rio de Janeiro where the remains of Brazilian actor Jefferson Machado were believed to have been buried

On Monday, cops entered the property and broke the outhouse’s concrete floor, where they found a trunk belonging to Machado with his body stuffed inside.
First a jackhammer was used to break the concrete floor of an outhouse.
Then the Rio de Janeiro law enforcement officers used a pickaxe is used to break the ground under the concrete floor of a property where found the body of missing actor Jefferson Machado inside a wooden trunk.

Rio police use pickaxe after breaking floor with jackhammer to get at trunk containing Jefferson Machado’s body

Brazilian actor Jefferson Machado was an avid animal lover and owned eight dogs, because the two suspects could take his car, house and funds from a lawsuit he had recently won

His hands and feet were tied. G1 had access to an autopsy report released Thursday which indicated that he had a piece of cloth in his mouth and a telephone wire wrapped around his neck.
While the autopsy was unable to produce his cause of death because of the advanced composition of Machado’s body.
Police believe that Machado was killed at his home and then brought over to the outhouse before he was buried in the trunk six feet below the ground.