Brazilian journalist steps on body of missing girl while reporting about her

One Brazilian journalist who is going by the name Lenildo Frazao accidentally stepped on the corpse of a 13-year-old girl in his line of duty reporting about her disappearance.

As per the report published in a newspaper (The Sun), the 13 year old boy was last seen at Mearim River in Bacabal an area in northeast Brazil where Lenildo was reported to have been standing.

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The missing girl, who was called Raissa had swum with her friends in the river.

Lenildo went into the water as he was reporting to show the depth and flow of the river when after sometime he jumped out shouting that something touched him under water.

The report in the publication says that he waded his way to shallow water, looked back and was heard saying, "I think there’s something down here at the bottom of the water. No, I'm not going, I'm scared. It looked like an arm - could it be her? But it might be a fish, too. I don't know."

The search on Raissa was conducted on June 30 by firefighters and divers and her body was fished out in the river at the same place where Lenildo had been reporting.

The victim was a girl who had drowned in the river as she was swimming together with her friends.

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The The Sun has since revealed that Raissa drowned accidentally and there was evidence of no physical injuries on her body after a post-mortem.

It happened on June 30, but the video of the incident became viral recently.

When her body had been found Raissa was buried in the evening of June 30 and in her honour her school declared a three day mourning.

A search of the girl, Raissa was conducted by firefighters and divers on the morning of June 30 and her body was fished out of the same place where Lenildo had been reporting in the river.

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