Two people left together. Only one came back.
Nas águas ao largo de Ilhabela, onde o mar guarda segredos com indiferença, um corpo foi encontrado na manhã de segunda-feira, 1º de junho, durante o nono dia de buscas por Dheorge Pereira Bernardino, de 28 anos, desaparecido desde 24 de maio após uma saída de jet ski com Bruna Damaris. Bruna foi resgatada viva após 48 horas à deriva; Dheorge, não. O corpo ainda não foi identificado, e a operação que começou como resgate agora carrega o peso mais silencioso da recuperação — e das perguntas que talvez nunca encontrem resposta completa.
- Nove dias após o desaparecimento, a Defesa Civil encontrou um corpo nas águas de Ilhabela, transformando a natureza das buscas de esperança em algo mais sombrio.
- Dheorge e Bruna partiram juntos no jet ski em uma tarde de domingo e nunca retornaram — ela foi resgatada por pescadores após dois dias à deriva; ele permaneceu desaparecido.
- Bruna quebrou o silêncio nas redes sociais na sexta-feira, confirmando que prestou depoimento à polícia, mas sem explicar o que aconteceu no mar ou como os dois se separaram.
- O jet ski ainda não foi localizado, e as circunstâncias que deixaram uma pessoa viva e outra desaparecida seguem sem explicação oficial.
- Autoridades agora precisam identificar o corpo recuperado e determinar se é Dheorge, enquanto a operação marítima continua com caráter cada vez mais investigativo do que de resgate.
Na manhã de segunda-feira, 1º de junho, uma embarcação da Defesa Civil retirou um corpo das águas de Ilhabela — o nono dia de buscas por Dheorge Pereira Bernardino, de 28 anos, desaparecido desde 24 de maio. O corpo ainda não foi identificado, e as autoridades não divulgaram para onde seria levado nem o que os exames preliminares poderiam revelar.
Tudo começou em uma tarde de domingo. Dheorge e Bruna Damaris, de 26 anos, partiram juntos em um jet ski de Ilhabela. Testemunhas os viram se conhecer momentos antes, ainda na embarcação em que estavam, e depois partir juntos para o mar aberto. Na terça-feira seguinte, Bruna foi encontrada por pescadores — viva, exausta, após cerca de 48 horas à deriva. Dheorge não estava com ela.
As buscas se intensificaram ao longo da semana, com o Corpo de Bombeiros Marítimo ampliando a área de varredura no domingo, 31 de maio. Na sexta-feira anterior, Bruna havia publicado uma nota no Instagram confirmando que já havia prestado depoimento à polícia e reconhecendo que ainda não havia falado com a família de Dheorge. A publicação era breve: confirmava que os dois se conheceram no barco, que partiram juntos por vontade própria, que havia testemunhas. Nenhuma explicação sobre o que deu errado.
Agora, com um corpo recuperado, as perguntas se tornam mais definitivas. O jet ski ainda não foi encontrado. O que separou duas pessoas na mesma embarcação — deixando uma à deriva e fazendo a outra desaparecer no Atlântico — permanece sem resposta. A busca continua, mas seu sentido mudou.
A body surfaced in the waters off Ilhabela on Monday morning, June 1st, pulled from the sea by a Civil Defense vessel in the ninth day of an increasingly desperate search. The discovery came as rescue teams—firefighters and naval personnel—continued combing the northern São Paulo coast for Dheorge Pereira Bernardino, a 28-year-old man who vanished eight days earlier. The body has not yet been identified, and authorities have released no information about where it will be taken or what preliminary examination might reveal.
On May 24th, a Sunday afternoon, Dheorge and Bruna Damaris, 26, left on a jet ski excursion from Ilhabela and never came back. The two had met moments before on the boat they'd been on, witnesses said—people who watched them climb onto the watercraft together and motor away into open water. What happened next remains unclear. By Tuesday, May 26th, Bruna had been found by a pair of fishermen, alive but exhausted, having spent roughly 48 hours adrift in the ocean. Dheorge was not with her.
The search intensified through the week. On Sunday, May 31st, the Maritime Fire Department expanded its operations, widening the grid, extending the hours, pushing deeper into the waters where the jet ski had last been seen. By Monday morning, when the body was discovered, the operation had entered its ninth day—a threshold that shifts the nature of a rescue into something grimmer, though authorities continued to speak in measured terms about identification and next steps.
Bruna broke her silence on Friday, May 29th, posting on Instagram to say she had already given a full statement to police. She acknowledged that she had not yet spoken with Dheorge's family. She reiterated what witnesses had confirmed: that she and Dheorge had only just met on the boat, that they had left together on the jet ski of their own accord, that people had seen them go. The post was brief and offered little else—no explanation of what went wrong, no account of how she survived while he did not, no detail about the moments before or after the watercraft failed or capsized or whatever sequence of events left one person in the ocean and another missing.
Now the focus narrows to the body recovered Monday morning. Authorities must determine whether it is Dheorge, and if so, what killed him. The jet ski itself has not been found. The circumstances that separated two people on the same vessel, leaving one to be rescued by strangers and the other to vanish into the Atlantic, remain unexplained. The search continues, though its character has shifted from rescue to recovery, and the questions it seeks to answer have become harder and more final.
Notable Quotes
Bruna stated she had already provided a full account to police and had not yet had the opportunity to speak with Dheorge's family— Bruna Damaris, via Instagram post, May 29th
The Hearth Conversation Another angle on the story
Why does a jet ski outing in broad daylight turn into a nine-day search?
Because two people went out and only one came back, and the one who came back couldn't explain why.
Bruna was found after 48 hours. That's a long time in the ocean. How does that happen?
She drifted. Fishermen spotted her. But Dheorge—there's no sign of him, no jet ski, nothing to suggest where he went or what happened in those first hours.
They'd just met on the boat. Does that matter?
It might. It means there's no shared history, no reason either of them would have known the other's swimming ability or panic response. It means they were strangers trusting each other with their lives on open water.
Bruna posted on Instagram. What was she trying to say?
That she'd told the police everything she knew. That she hadn't had the chance to face Dheorge's family. It reads like someone trying to establish her account before the narrative hardens around her.
The body they found—do they know if it's him?
Not yet. That's the next threshold. Until they identify it, the search is still technically open, even though everyone understands what finding a body on the ninth day usually means.