Episode Details

Elize Matsunaga went from a difficult childhood in rural Brazil to working as an escort in São Paulo, where she met millionaire Yoki executive Marcos Matsunaga. Their relationship became a marriage filled with extraordinary wealth, international travel and eventually a daughter. But in May 2012, after Elize hired a private investigator and discovered Marcos was having an affair, a confrontation inside their luxury São Paulo apartment ended with Marcos shot dead. Elize then dismembered his body, carried his remains from the building in luggage and disposed of them outside the city.

The Elize Matsunaga case became one of Brazil's most notorious true crime stories, raising questions about infidelity, money, domestic conflict and whether Marcos's killing was planned or the result of a sudden confrontation. Elize was convicted in 2016, had her sentence reduced to 16 years and three months in 2019, and was granted parole in 2022 after approximately a decade in prison. This episode of You Can't Unhear examines the murder of Marcos Matsunaga, the Yoki fortune, the evidence against Elize, her controversial defense and the unanswered questions that remain.