Chilling moment reporter unknowingly steps on missing girl’s body while covering her disappearance

A chilling moment unfolded as a reporter in Brazil appeared to step on the body of a missing girl while filming a segment at the scene of her disappearance.

Lenildo Frazão was reporting from the Mearim River in Bacabal, northeastern Brazil, the last place the 13-year-old girl had been seen. Lenildo plunged chest-deep into the river to show the depth of the water and the region where the child had been swimming.

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He was obviously startled since he suddenly trembled and sprang back. With a gulp, he hurried into shallower water, clearly shaken.


Lenildo explained to his team that he had felt something beneath the water brushing against him. “I think there’s something down here at the bottom of the water,” he said, as he backed away in fear. “No, I’m not going, I’m scared. It felt like an arm, could it be her? But it might be a fish too, I don’t know.”

Firefighters locate girl at exact spot of Lenildo’s shoot

Following his unsettling experience, firefighters with the help of divers resumed the search for the missing girl on the morning of June 30. They eventually located the schoolgirl’s body at the exact spot where Lenildo had been filming.

Whether the reporter's sensation beneath the water was the girl's body or not is still unknown.

The girl, who was only known as Raíssa, drowned while cooling down by swimming in the river with companions. Lenildo emphasised the river's hazardous circumstances during his show, pointing out its powerful currents and irregular depth brought on by holes in the riverbed.

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Accidental drowning was confirmed as the cause of death after a post-mortem examination revealed no evidence of trauma. On June 30, Raíssa was buried in the evening.