Delhi (The Stellar News), Sadhika Jain: A horrific incident took place in brazil when a reporter by mistakenly stepped on a missing 13 year old girl’s body while filming a news report about her disappearance. The incident took place at the Mearim River in Bacabal, northeastern Brazil, where the girl was last seen.
The girl may have been swimming in the river and allegedly drowned in the river which sank her body to the bottom of the river bed. Lenildo Frazao, a Brazilian Journalist was reporting the disappearance when he stepped into the river to see the depth of the river , that’s when he felt something unusual.
The video of the incident showed the reporter suddenly jumping when the water reached his chest. He told his team that he felt something brush against him beneath the surface. Shaken and startled, he quickly made his way to shallow water, looking back at the area he had just left.
After this suspicion rescue team and divers were called and they resumed the search for Raissa, the missing girl, on June 30. They eventually found her body at the exact spot where the reporter had been filming. However, it’s unclear whether Mr Lenildo had felt her body beneath the water during his report.
Raissa had drowned while swimming with friends in the river, and a post-mortem examination confirmed the cause of death as accidental drowning, with no signs of physical trauma. She was laid to rest on the evening of June 30. After her body was found, the school declared three days of mourning in her honour. A community vigil was also held, where friends and family paid tribute to her memory, praying and lighting candles.
