Brazil football star Bruno Fernandes in murder trial
Brazilian football star Bruno Fernandes has gone on trial, accused of ordering the killing of a former lover whose body has never been found, BBC Sport reported.
Fernandes and two other defendants are charged with the murder of Eliza Samudio, who disappeared in June 2010. Police say she was murdered and her body was fed to dogs.
The three all deny any wrongdoing.
At the time, Fernandes was the goalkeeper for Brazil's most popular club, Flamengo.
Ms Samudio had said that the married footballer was the father of her baby.
The trial in the town of Contagem, in the state of Minas Gerais, began on Monday morning and is expected to last two weeks.
As well as Fernandes, two others are charged with murder: Luiz Henrique Ferreira Romao, known as Macarrao, and former policeman Marcos Aparecido dos Santos, known as Bola.
Two other defendants, Fernandes's ex-wife Dayanne Rodrigues and an ex-lover, Fernanda Gomes de Castro, face charges of abduction and false imprisonment.
Other accused people are set to face trial separately.