Episode 15, Season 2 - The Murder of Daniella Perez: Part 1

Daniella Perez is the beloved and talented star of the hottest telenovela in Brazil. “Brazil’s Sweetheart,” as she’s known, is happily married and as 1992 comes to a close, she’s looking forward to exciting projects that will take her career to new heights.

But on a dark night in late December, Daniella would end up in the crossfire between two psychopaths who are fueled by a toxic bond brimming with jealousy and lust.

What would follow was a brutal and heartbreaking tale that would captivate a nation and that no writer could ever imagine.

Listen to the episode HERE.

Photo caption: (L-R) Daniella Perez (credit: Wikipedia), Daniella and her mother, writer, Gloria Perez (credit: https://revistaquem.globo.com/Instagram); Gloria Perez (credit: Wikipedia); Daniella and her husband, Raul Gazolla, share a scene on the telenovela, "Kananga do Japão" (credit: IMDB); Daniella and her younger brother, Rafael (credit: Diario do nordeste)

Photo caption: (L-R) Daniella and her husband, Raul, welcome in the New Year (credit: DaniellaPerez.com); Daniella and Raul (credit: Zappeando.com); Daniella during an appearance on a popular dance show (credit: HBOMax); Daniella, Raul, and Gloria (credit: HBOMax)

Photo caption (L-R) Daniella in a scene from De Corpo & Alma ("Of Body & Soul") (credit: Al Dia); script from "De Corpo & Alma"(credit: HBOMax); Guilherme de Pádua in a scene from "De Corpo & Alma" (credit: HBOMax); Daniella and Guilherme in a scene from "De Corpo & Alma" (credit: HBOMax)

Photo Caption (L-R): Guilherme's wife, Paula Nogueira Thomaz (credit: Noticias da TV); Guilherme de Pádua (credit: HBOMax); Newspaper headlines following Daniella's murder (credit: HBOMax); Guilherme and Paula (credit: Designer Woman);Guilherme and Paula on their wedding day (credit: HBOMax)

Sources:

• Wikipedia – Daniella Perez

• Wikipedia – Gloria Perez

• Daniella Perez - Website

• Designer Women - The directors reveal why Guilherme de Padua did not participate in the documentary on the murder of Daniella Perez by Robert King, December 22, 2022

• CNN - Brazilian actor accuses his wife in soap-opera murder trial, January 23, 1997

• HBOMax – A Brutal Pact: The Murder of Daniella Perez

• UPI - Police arrest actor in death of his soap opera lover, December 29, 1992

• Los Angeles Times - Soap Actor Guilty in Murder of Co-Star, January 26, 1997

• Al Día – 'Pacto Brutal,' the docuseries about the murder that shocked Brazil by Sandra Ramírez Ortega, July 26, 2022

• New York Times - Murder Case In Brazil Nets 2d Conviction, May 17, 1997

• Grunge – The Tragic Murder of Soap Opera Star Daniella Perez by Leslie Veliz, December 6, 2021

• Tampa Bay Times – Brazilian Soap Actor Convicted, January 26, 1997