Four Bodies Found Near Florianópolis in Search for Missing Young Jobseekers

Overview

• Police said four decomposed bodies were discovered around 8:45 a.m. Saturday beside a road in the Fundos area of Biguaçu.
• Officers secured the location as Polícia Civil and Polícia Científica gathered evidence and sent the remains to the Florianópolis medical examiner’s office.
• Authorities say official identification and the determination of cause and manner of death await forensic analysis, and they have not confirmed reports describing bindings or visible violence.
• The missing men—Daniel Luiz da Silveira, 28, Bruno Máximo da Silva, 28, Guilherme Macedo de Almeida, 20, and Pedro Henrique Prado de Oliveira, 19—had recently moved to Santa Catarina seeking work.
• They were last seen leaving their shared apartment in São José, which was later found unlocked with windows open, food on the stove, and personal items left behind, as families receive support from SOS Desaparecidos.