Jilted Ex Shot Teenage Influencer In Head Then Turned Weapon On Himself

A jilted ex fatally shot a teenage influencer in the head before turning the gun on himself in Brazil.

Micaelly dos Santos Lara, 19, poses in undated photo. She was found dead with her boyfriend David Aparecido da Silva Alves, 30, who had a gun in his head, in Hortolandia, Brazil. (@micaelly_laraa/Newsflash))

The horrific crime was discovered when the police received a report of a car parked outside a building in Hortolandia, Sao Paulo State, with the engine running on 15th May.

Military Police officers went to the scene and knocked on the window of the vehicle.

After receiving no response, they opened the car door and found Micaelly dos Santos Lara and David Aparecido da Silva Alves dead with gunshot wounds to the head.

The officers found the gun in Alves’s hand.

Micaelly, 19, was an influencer with over one million followers on social media, where she went by the name “Japa”.

On Instagram, where she had 68,200 followers, she would share videos of herself dancing and working out at the gym.

On TikTok, where she had 566,500 followers, her funny videos – some of which she had recorded with her new partner – were especially popular.

Micaelly dos Santos Lara, 19, poses in undated photo. She was found dead with her boyfriend David Aparecido da Silva Alves, 30, who had a gun in his head, in Hortolandia, Brazil. (Newsflash)

The devastated boyfriend, Vinny Pollo, wrote on social media: “I hope she’s in a good place, the place she deserves to be.

“An incredible person, caring, liked to help, had many dreams.”

According to Vinny, Micaelly’s ex could not accept the breakup and would send her messages every day.

Alves had even allegedly turned up at the new boyfriend’s home looking for the influencer days before the crime.

Vinny said in a video: “I told her, ‘This guy is a psychopath, he’s crazy. If I were you, I would leave, go to the beach, I don’t know, stay away for a while because this guy wants to do something bad to you.’

“You could tell he was crazy. He came here very calm, very confident.”

The Civil Police have registered the case as femicide followed by suicide.

The bodies were sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for post-mortem examinations.

Micaelly’s funeral was held yesterday (16th May) and she was due to be buried this morning (17th May).