Actor Found Dead in Campo Grande Motel After Entering With Two Men

Overview

• Employees found 32-year-old José Patrik Machado unresponsive in a motel room in Jardim Paulista after he failed to answer intercom calls following an earlier reply that he would stay.
• Security footage and motel records show he entered the establishment accompanied by two men who left the site some time later while he remained alone in the room.
• Emergency responders observed rigor mortis on arrival and the attending Samu doctor described a possible overdose as a preliminary hypothesis.
• The case was recorded at Depac Cepol as a death from an atypical circumstance, the room was forensically examined and the victim’s cellphone was seized for analysis.
• Machado was an actor who worked with the Adote theatre company and as a notary clerk, and authorities say IMOL toxicology and autopsy results will determine the official cause and guide any further criminal inquiry.