Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 22 Jul 2025, 04:33 am Print
Brazil The moment the journalist felt the body of the girl touching him while he was reporting in the river. Photo: X page videograb
A Brazilian journalist was visibly left shaken after he stepped on the body of a missing schoolgirl while he was reporting on her disappearance recently.
In the chilling video, Lenildo Frazão moved into the Mearim River in Bacabal to demonstrate the depth of the water in the location where the girl went missing.
The girl was identified as Raíssa.
? SHOCKING: A Brazilian journalist accidentally discovered the body of a missing 13-year-old girl while filming a report on her disappearance.
— Eyes on the Globe (@eyes_globe) July 22, 2025
Lenildo Frazão felt "something" under the water—later confirmed to be Raíssa's body.#Brazil #bb27 #corvtip pic.twitter.com/xJLmzWjfWx
The journalist could be seen jumping into the water when he felt something touch him.
He turned to the camera crew and exclaimed as quoted by The Mirror newspaper: "I think there's something down here at the bottom of the water."
Visibly disturbed, the journalist then was quoted as saying: “No, I’m not going, I’m scared."
“It looked like an arm - could it be her? But it might be a fish too, I don’t know," he said.
The body of the girl was recovered from the same spot by firefighters and divers on June 30 when they searched for her.
The victim reportedly drowned while she was cooling off with friends.
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