Guilherme became pastor of Lagoinha Baptist Church in 2017 (Photo: Personal Archive)
Former actor Guilherme de Pdua will be veiled this Monday (November 7th) at 10:30 a.m. in the Lagoinha Baptist Church in Belo Horizonte. From there, family and friends should go to the funeral, scheduled for early afternoon at Parque da Colina Cemetery.
Pdua, who was convicted of the murder of actress Daniella Perez, was pastor of the church and attended a service shortly before his death. He was the victim of a heart attack.
In a note posted on social media, the Lagoinha Baptist Church regretted the former actor’s death, saying that from the moment of his conversion he showed a commitment to change and live according to the “new life”.
“On his journey as a pastor, Guilherme lived far from the great pulpits. He was not seen preaching to crowds, but he acted daily in a variety of works with those whom society often prefers to ignore.”
The crime
Guilherme de Pdua played the driver Bira in the 1992 soap opera De Corpo e Alma on TV Globo. His character was a romantic couple with Yasmin, played by actress Daniella Perez, daughter of author Glria Perez. During the recording, Pdua murdered her costar with the help of her exwife, Paula Nogueira Thomaz.
Investigations at the time say that Guilherme was unhappy with the reduction in his role in the soap opera, while Paula expressed jealousy over Daniella’s scenes with the actor.
After the couple ambushed the actress at a gas station, they took her into a thicket in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, and stabbed her at least 20 times with a dagger. The crime of December 28, 1992 shook the whole country.
The death
Guilherme de Pdua’s death was first announced by Pastor Márcio Valado in a live broadcast. The former actor was at home in the capital of Minas Gerais when he suffered a heart attack and died.
“A boy who society doesn’t understand for committing this horrible crime by Daniela Perez has been arrested, served his sentence and converted. It was a caterpillar and turned into a butterfly. In the house he fell and died. He just died. He just died.”
Guilherme has been married to stylist Juliana Lacerda since 2017. He previously had an eightyear relationship, from 2006 to 2014, with IT executive Paula Maia. The former actor has a son, Felipe Thomaz, from his relationship with Paula Thomaz. When Daniella Perez was killed, the actor’s first wife was four months pregnant.