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A Brazilian soap opera actor who disappeared in January has been found dead in a trunk in Rio de Janeiro.
Jefferson Machado's body was tied up and stuffed inside a wooden trunk that was buried six feet beneath the concrete floor of an outhouse in the western Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Campo Grande on Monday, police said.
Authorities were able to confirm the 44-year-old's body through fingerprints Wednesday.
The property belongs to a woman who told police she had rented the outhouse to man, who police have identified as a suspect but not named, Brazilian news outlet G1 reported.
Machado, who lived in Rio de Janeiro, is believed to have known the person who rented out the property where his body was found and was seen a month ago entering it, R7 news reported.
Brazilian soap opera actor Jefferson Machado was found dead Monday inside a trunk that was buried under the floor of an outhouse in Rio de Janeiro. The 44-year-old had disappeared from his home in January and officially declared missing in February
The trunk was removed from under the floor by Civil Police agents in Rio de Janeiro on Monday
The trunk was found buried six feet under the floor of the outhouse that was rented by the
