Body of missing model found in São Paulo

The body of actor and model Ricardo César Merini, 37, was found and identified by São Paulo police after he was missing for a week.

He was last seen on the 21st when he arrived from Chapecó and left his home to meet a friend in the Bela Vista neighborhood in the central region of São Paulo.

According to G1, the body was found on the 22nd but was not identified until this Saturday (October 28th).

The family complained to the newspaper Estado de S. Paulo about the delay in notification of the body. “We are very sad and angry about the delay. We, friends and family, visited every corner of the city behind him. He had been at the IML since the early hours of last Sunday. And the police told us that there was no one with his characteristics. “We had to do the investigation ourselves,” he said.

O post has contacted the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat but has not yet received a response.