Female bodybuilder and fitness influencer Rhayara Morais, 34, found dead at her home as cops launch probe
POLICE are probing the death of a female bodybuilder and former footballer who was found lifeless at her home in Brazil.
Rhayara Morais, 34, was discovered in her bed at her flat in Aguas Claras.
A worried friend raised the alarm after Rhayara had been out of reach.
Her body is believed to have laid undiscovered for six days before the horror find on Wednesday.
Rhayara boasted her exercise routines and honed body to her audience of half a million followers on TikTok and nearly 150,000 fans on Instagram.
The former women’s football player previously studied physical education as well as law before pursuing a career as a digital creator.
The strongwoman took up the sport seriously two years ago and won a regional powerlifting title.
Her website promoted her impressive routine, and the influencer was sponsored by a nutrition firm and high-end exercise supplements company.
The cops haven’t confirmed the cause of death yet – but no local reports pointed out to it being crime-related.
The autopsy was supposed to be carried out yesterday but the results still haven’t been released.
Meanwhile, followers have speculated that Rhayara might have died in her sleep from a sudden illness.
Fans have flooded social media with tributes to the late bodybuilder.
One of her Instagram followers wrote: “I can’t believe this sad and sudden news. Rest in peace beautiful girl. God will receive you in Heaven.”
Another said: “I can’t believe it. I’d often bump into her in the lift and she was always very kind.”
Rhayara’s neighbour said overnight: “I met her every day here in the condo and I am shocked.
“A polite and extremely cheerful person.”
Earlier this month, a Brazilian fitness influencer, Denis Yoshio, has been shot dead in a hit and run by assassins on motorbikes.
The bodybuilder, 32, was gunned down by two men outside his home in Vila Matilde, Sao Paulo on March, 9.
Yoshio’s brother managed to put him into his car before firefighters helped transfer him into an ambulance en route to Tatuape Municipal Hospital.
But the gunshot victim is said to have gone into cardiac arrest upon arrival, with one of the bullets striking his spine.
Police investigating Yoshio’s brutal assassination are yet to make any arrests.
A witness told police he had dropped the bodybuilder off at his home so he could pick up money because his car had broken down.
Yoshio was then shot as he got out of the vehicle and headed towards the property.
As well as working out regularly, the Brazilian was also an economist.
In January, another Brazilian bodybuilder was shot four times by her hulk boyfriend who claimed he acted in self-defence.