Influencer Nicole Lopes Mourns Boyfriend's Tragic Drowning Death

Influencer Nicole Lopes is grieving the loss of her boyfriend, Thauan Pedro, who died in a drowning accident. He was 20.“My eternal love” Lopes captioned a series of videos posted on Instagram on Friday, January 2.Brazilian digital news outlet Metrôpoles reported that Pedro and his 10-year-old nephew were involved in a drowning incident on a beach in Praia Grande in São Paulo, Brazil, on Friday.The outlet reported that a rescue team retrieved Pedro’s nephew from the water and provided life-saving measures after other beachgoers noticed the pair were missing.Influencer Jaqueline Nascimento Dead at 22 Days After She Went MissingThe team was unable to locate Pedro for nearly 90 minutes. He was declared dead at the scene when he was eventually found. The outlet reported that his body was transported to the morgue at the Samambaia Emergency Care Unit for legal proceedings.In the days following Pedro’s death, Lopes has shared several posts honoring him. In one black-and-white photograph, Pedro had his arm around Lopes as the couple smiled for the camera.“If we met at 15, if we parted ways at 17, we reunited at 19, and I lost you at 20,” Lopes wrote on Instagram on Saturday, January 3.In the comments section of the post, numerous users expressed their condolences.Influencer and Fiance Die in Car Crash on Her 29th Birthday: Report“May God comfort your heart,” one user wrote, translated to English, while another added in a translated message, “Be strong for him my love. May God comfort your heart.”In a separate post, Lopes mentioned she was considering visiting Pedro’s home for the first time after his passing — but then stated she “couldn’t” due to her overwhelming sadness.“I need to go, I need to return to my routine, unfortunately life continues, the bills still arrive, and my Thauan would be so upset seeing me in this state,” she wrote on Instagram on Monday, January 5, according to People. “Everything is challenging.”In another upload, Lopes — who has accumulated more than 317,000 followers on Instagram — shared that she briefly went to Pedro’s mother’s home.Influencer Deaths of 2025: Hailey Okula, Emilie Kiser’s Son and More“I visited my mother-in-law’s place and then returned home, this blouse of my Thauan was in the car, I put it on without a second thought,” she wrote in a translated message. “It smells like my love.”Lopes went on to share a black-and-white image of Pedro sleeping, writing in a translated message, “You’re in every room of my house, Isis’ room you helped me organize everything before we went on a trip, in the kitchen there are your clothes that I set aside to wash, in the bedroom there are the cleaning cloths we took off the rod, in the bathroom there is your anti-dandruff shampoo, and in the living room I remain with this image of you napping while I was getting ready to go out.”Metrôpoles reported that Pedro’s family held a funeral on Sunday, January 4, at Vila Formosa cemetery in São Paulo. The funeral reportedly included motorcycle revving and tributes from loved ones.