They Warned Him Not To Marry Her — He Should Have Listened | True Crime Stories [62MEx5a83UC]
They warned him not to marry her. His family investigated her past. They begged him to walk away. He should have listened. This is one of the most disturbing true crime stories Brazil has ever produced — the story of Marcos Matsunaga, the sole heir to one of the largest food companies in Brazilian history, and the woman he chose over every warning his family had tried to give him. Her name was Elize Kitano. She was born in the south of Brazil to a family that had almost nothing. By her mid-twenties, she was working as an escort in São Paulo. And in 2007, she met a client who would change her life — a quiet, wealthy young man named Marcos, the future CEO of Yoki Alimentos, one of Brazil's most recognizable food companies. He fell in love with her. His family did everything they could to stop the relationship. He refused to listen. They were married in 2009. A year later, they had a daughter named Sophia. To the outside world, the marriage looked like a fairytale — the wealthy heir and the woman who had left her old life behind. On the night of May 19, 2012, that fairytale ended in a São Paulo penthouse. Marcos Matsunaga sat down for dinner with his wife. By morning, he was gone. His body would be found days later on a rural highway in the interior of the state — and the only witness to what had happened inside that apartment was the woman he had married against his family's warnings. This is the story of Elize Matsunaga. And of the marriage that Marcos's family had spent years trying to prevent. ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 00:00 The Penthouse 00:45 The Woman He Chose 02:00 The Marriage His Family Feared 03:15 The Comment That Stops Most People 04:00 The Night of May 19, 2012 05:30 The Investigation 06:15 The Confession and the Trial 07:00 Where Elize Is Today 📚 IN THIS VIDEO: - How Elize Kitano met Marcos Matsunaga in 2007 - Why Marcos's family fought the relationship for years - The luxury life the couple built together - The night of May 19, 2012, hour by hour - The specific security camera evidence that led police to Elize - Her confession, her 2016 trial, and her 19-year sentence - The Netflix documentary that broke Brazilian streaming records - Where Elize is today — after her 2024 release on parole 🎬 ABOUT BRAZILIAN TRUE CRIME: Welcome to Brazilian True Crime — the channel that brings you true crime stories from Brazil that the English-speaking world has never heard. Forgotten cases. Uncovered scandals. Tragedies that history almost erased. A new Brazilian true crime story every week. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE: Hit subscribe for a new true crime story from Brazil every week. 💬 COMMENT: Do you believe money changes people — or do you believe it only reveals who they always were? Drop your answer below. I read every single comment, and the ones that move me, I pin to the top. 👍 LIKE: If this case stayed with you, hit the like button — it tells YouTube to keep showing Marcos's name to people who never knew this story. 🎥 NEXT CASE: A young Brazilian model whose disappearance triggered one of the largest missing persons cases in the country's history — and the man who kept her secret for years before it finally came out. ⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This video is intended for educational and informational purposes. All footage and imagery are used under fair use to document a publicly reported event. No content is intended to glorify violence or cause distress to any individual or family connected to this case. #truecrime #truecrimestories #braziliantruecrime #elizematsunaga #yokicase