33 Years After Daniella Perez’s Killing, Gloria Perez Leads Public Remembrance

Overview

• Gloria Perez marked the date with photos of her daughter and the message that time does not ease the pain, writing, “the time doesn’t soften anything — it just passes; the pain doesn’t teach anything — it just hurts.”
• Relatives and friends also posted tributes, including actor Raul Gazolla and cousin Barbara Ribeiro, who reflected on how the crime permanently reshaped the family’s life.
• Daniella Perez, 22, was killed on December 28, 1992, by actor Guilherme de Pádua with help from his then‑wife, Paula Thomaz, after leaving a recording session for the Globo novela De Corpo e Alma.
• De Pádua was arrested the next day, later convicted in 1997, released in 1999 after serving a portion of his sentence, and died in 2022 at age 53 of a heart attack.
• Coverage revisited the context and unresolved questions that persist in public memory, noting reports that vary on the weapon and number of wounds and recalling that the killing followed a decisive scene ending the characters’ romance.