Episode 83, Season 5 - Eliza Samudio and Bruno Fernandes – The Goal was Murder

As the revered and renowned goalkeeper for Brazil’s most beloved soccer team, Bruno Fernandes has staggering wealth, an abundance of fame, a loving wife – and multiple girlfriends.

One of those girlfriends is Eliza Samudio, who believes Bruno when he says he will leave his wife for her.

However, when Eliza becomes pregnant, Bruno changes his tune and demands she terminate the pregnancy – or else.

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Photo caption (L-R) Bruno Fernandes is a superstar goalkeeper for Brazil's favorite football team, Flamengo. Off the field, Bruno keeps himself busy with a wife, a fiancée, and multiple girlfriends (credit: Wikipedia); Eliza Samudio dreams of a better life and when she meets Bruno in 2009, she thinks he may provide her with the love and security she's always wanted (credit: BBC); Bruno celebrating with his teammates (credit: BBC); Eliza claimed she had a brief romance with Portuguese football powerhouse, Cristiano Ronaldo; shortly afterward, she would announce she was pregnant with Bruno's baby (credit: Extra/Globo); Bruno denied knowing Eliza or being the father of her baby (credit: G1/Globo); During her pregnancy, Eliza said Bruno drugged her in an attempt to get her to miscarry (credit: Netflix); When Eliza disappeared, Bruno's contradictory media interviews about what happened to her would be his downfall (credit: BBC); Bruno tried to pin what happened to Eliza on his best friend and right-hand man, Luiz Henrique Romão, aka,"Macarrão" (credit: Balanço Geral/YouTube); Bruno and ex-wife Dayane Rodrigues during his trial (credit: The Sun); The Maracanã Stadium, where Flamengo played its games and Bruno's henchman met Eliza before killing her (credit: Wikipedia); Bruninho Samudio, Bruno and Eliza's son, is also a goalkeeper (credit: Caras); Eliza's passport mysteriously turned up in Portugal in 2026 (credit: The Sun); Bruno married his loyal fiancee, Ingrid Oliveira, in 2016, while he was still in prison for masterminding Eliza's murder (credit: Folha UOL)

Transcript*:

*provided transcripts are lightly edited.

Sources:

An Invisible Victim: The Eliza Samudio Case

Extras:

INDEFENSIBLE: GOALKEEPER BRUNO AND THE STORY OF ELIZA SAMUDIO'S DEATH (PORTUGUESE EDITION) (Title translation provided by Google Translate)