They stayed on it for a while as it began to sink, then they had to abandon it
Nas águas ao largo de Ilhabela, o mar devolveu parte do que havia levado: um corpo foi encontrado na manhã de segunda-feira durante as buscas por Dheoge Pereira Bernardino, de 28 anos, desaparecido desde 24 de maio após uma saída de jet ski que terminou em tragédia. Sua companheira Bruna, 26 anos, foi resgatada com vida dois dias depois e já recebeu alta hospitalar, mas a identidade dos restos mortais encontrados ainda aguarda confirmação oficial. A hipótese de falha mecânica na embarcação — que teria afundado em mar aberto, deixando os dois à deriva — é investigada por peritos, enquanto familiares e amigos aguardam respostas que a ciência pode oferecer, mas que o luto já antecipou.
- Uma semana após o desaparecimento, equipes de busca encontraram um corpo nas águas de Ilhabela, mas a identidade ainda não foi confirmada, mantendo a angústia das famílias suspensa entre a certeza e a dúvida.
- Bruna, a companheira que sobreviveu após dois dias à deriva, deixou o hospital pedindo publicamente que as orações por Bernardino continuassem — palavras de alguém que carrega um peso que não consegue nomear.
- Testemunhos de amigos presentes no barco fretado revelam que o jet ski foi usado momentos antes por outra pessoa, e que o grupo só percebeu o sumiço do casal quando o tempo de aluguel estava se esgotando.
- A teoria investigada aponta para falha mecânica: o motor teria parado em alto mar, a embarcação começou a afundar e os dois foram obrigados a abandoná-la, ficando à deriva nas águas do Atlântico.
- O jet ski foi recuperado no dia seguinte ao desaparecimento e está em análise forense; os resultados devem confirmar ou refutar a hipótese de pane, mas a pergunta mais difícil — por que um sobreviveu e o outro não — permanece sem resposta técnica.
Um corpo foi encontrado na manhã de segunda-feira nas águas de Ilhabela durante as buscas por Dheoge Pereira Bernardino, 28 anos, desaparecido desde 24 de maio após uma saída de jet ski com a amiga Bruna Damaris Sant'anna da Silva, 26. A identidade dos restos mortais ainda não havia sido confirmada no momento da publicação da reportagem.
O casal havia saído em um jet ski a partir de um barco fretado ancorado próximo à ilha — destino popular entre paulistanos nos fins de semana. Dyego Dutra da Silva, amigo presente na embarcação, contou que havia usado o jet ski pouco antes de Bernardino. Quando o grupo percebeu que os dois estavam demorando mais do que o esperado, decidiram sair à procura deles. O que encontraram — ou não encontraram — deu início a uma operação de busca que durou uma semana.
Bruna foi resgatada com vida dois dias depois, em 26 de maio, e hospitalizada. Ao receber alta na quinta-feira, fez um apelo público: pediu que as pessoas continuassem rezando por Bernardino. 'Estou pedindo a todos que continuem orando pelo meu colega que ainda não foi encontrado', disse ela. 'Agora vou para casa descansar e ver minha família.' Suas palavras carregavam o peso de quem sobreviveu a algo que ainda não conseguia explicar completamente.
As investigações apontam para uma falha mecânica no jet ski: o motor teria parado em alto mar, a embarcação começou a afundar e os dois foram obrigados a abandoná-la, ficando à deriva. O delegado Caio Nunes de Miranda descreveu a hipótese com cautela, ressaltando que a análise forense do jet ski — recuperado em 25 de maio — ainda estava em andamento. A descoberta do corpo na manhã de segunda-feira pode ter encerrado a busca. A pergunta sobre por que apenas um dos dois sobreviveu, no entanto, vai além do que qualquer perícia técnica pode responder.
A body surfaced in the waters off Ilhabela on Monday morning, May 1st, as rescue teams continued their search for Dheoge Pereira Bernardino, a 28-year-old man who vanished into the Atlantic a week earlier. The identity of the recovered remains had not yet been confirmed at the time of reporting, leaving the question of whether the search had ended in tragedy or whether another mystery was unfolding.
Bernardino disappeared on May 24th during what should have been a routine jet ski outing. He had taken the machine out with Bruna Damaris Sant'anna da Silva, 26, a friend who was also aboard. The two had set out from a chartered boat anchored near the island, a popular weekend destination for people from São Paulo seeking relief from the city's heat. What happened next remains partially reconstructed from witness accounts and the slow accumulation of physical evidence.
Bruna was pulled from the water two days later, on May 26th, and hospitalized. By Thursday, May 28th, she had recovered enough to be discharged. As she left the hospital, she made a public appeal: she asked people to continue praying for Bernardino, who remained missing. "I'm asking everyone to keep praying for my colleague who still hasn't been found," she said. "I'm grateful for everyone's concern. Now I'm going home to rest and see my family." Her words carried the weight of someone who had survived something she could not fully explain.
The sequence of events that led to the crisis came into focus through the recollection of Dyego Dutra da Silva, another friend present at the gathering on the chartered boat. He had used the jet ski shortly before Bernardino took it out. "I had gone to get an energy drink on the jet ski with the Mineiro," Dutra recalled in an interview with TV Vanguarda, the local Globo affiliate. "When we came back, the Mineiro docked the jet and went to the bathroom because he wasn't feeling well." It was then that Bernardino apparently decided to take the machine out with Bruna.
Time passed. The group noticed the pair had been gone longer than expected. When the Mineiro emerged from the bathroom, he asked about them. The rental period for the boat was also approaching its end. The group made the decision to leave the dock and search the water. What they found, or didn't find, triggered a week-long operation involving civil defense teams and maritime authorities.
By Thursday, investigators had settled on a working theory. The jet ski, they believed, had suffered a mechanical failure. The engine had cut out while the machine was in open water. The craft began to sink. Bernardino and Bruna found themselves adrift, clinging to the disabled equipment as it went down. Bruna survived this ordeal; Bernardino did not. The jet ski itself was recovered on May 25th and sent for forensic examination to confirm whether mechanical failure was indeed the cause.
Delegado Caio Nunes de Miranda, the officer leading the investigation, outlined the theory in cautious language. "From what I've learned, though nothing is official yet since the jet ski is still undergoing forensic analysis, the machine stopped in the middle of the sea and shut off," he told Vanguarda. "They stayed on it for a while as it began to sink, then they had to abandon it and were adrift in the water for that entire period." The recovered body on Monday morning may have finally answered what happened to one of them. The other question—why one survived and one did not—would require more than mechanical analysis to answer.
Citações Notáveis
I'm asking everyone to keep praying for my colleague who still hasn't been found. I'm grateful for everyone's concern.— Bruna Damaris Sant'anna da Silva, rescued survivor
The machine stopped in the middle of the sea and shut off. They stayed on it for a while as it began to sink, then they had to abandon it and were adrift in the water for that entire period.— Delegado Caio Nunes de Miranda, lead investigator
A Conversa do Hearth Outra perspectiva sobre a história
Why does the identity of the body matter so much right now? Couldn't they just confirm it was him?
Because until they do, there's still a thread of uncertainty. Bruna is alive. Dheoge is missing. A body surfaces. But which body? The waiting—for families, for friends—doesn't end until someone official says the name.
The jet ski malfunctioned. That seems straightforward. Why is the investigation still ongoing?
Because straightforward doesn't mean simple. They need to know why it failed. Was it negligence? A defect? Bad luck? The forensics will tell them. And there's still the question of why Bruna lived and Dheoge didn't, when they were in the same water, the same situation.
Bruna asked people to pray for him even after she was rescued. That's striking.
She was in the water with him. She knows what happened. She survived it. That request wasn't abstract—it was someone who had been there, who understood the stakes, asking the world to hold space for someone she couldn't save.
The friend Dyego—he was trying to reconstruct the timeline. Why does that matter?
Because in accidents like this, the smallest details become crucial. Who used the jet ski when. Who felt sick. Who went to the bathroom. These aren't just facts; they're the thread that leads back to understanding how two people ended up in the water and only one came back.
What does a week of searching do to a community?
It suspends everything. People check their phones. They watch the news. They pray or they don't, but they're aware. And then a body surfaces on a Monday morning, and the search becomes something else entirely.