Overview
- Influencer Bárbara Jankavski, 31, was discovered unresponsive at a public defender’s home in the Lapa district on Nov. 2.
- A 51-year-old public defender told police he hired her for sexual services and said both used illicit substances before she stopped moving.
- Emergency responders confirmed her death around 9 p.m.; officers noted she was in underwear with a left-eye injury and marks on her back.
- Authorities ordered forensic exams, and investigators plan further interviews with the public defender, a female acquaintance, and the influencer’s relatives.
- A friend told police Jankavski had slipped earlier and hurt her eye; she was known online for documenting about 27 cosmetic surgeries to build a large following.