DJ Maycon Douglas: Reality TV star found dead on popular Portugal beach after vanishing on New Year's Eve

The body of Maycon Douglas, 26, was found on a beach one week after he went missing on New Year's Eve. He was spotted on 31 December 2025 DJing at a bar before heading home with a friend.

A week after his disappearance, Maycon's body was found washed ashore on Wednesday. Before this grim discovery, authorities had already located his car submerged in the sea at North Beach, Nazaré, north of Lisbon, Portugal.

Maycon was retrieved from the water by fisherman Antonio Silva, who identified the DJ by his tattoos. The body was found near the same spot where his car was discovered. Maycon's mother, after days of anguish without news of her son, fell ill and needed to be hospitalised the day before his was discovered.

His girlfriend Raquel Coelho has paid a tribute to him on social media. She said: "I would give anything to have you back, anything. You appeared in my life unexpectedly, and you don't know how grateful I am that you did."

Although Brazilian, Maycon had lived in Portugal since he was four years old. The police are waiting for the results of an autopsy to establish his exact cause of death. They have not yet ruled out the possibility of foul play.

Maycon rose to fame on season 8 of the Portuguese reality show 'Secret Story – Casa dos Segredos' broadcast by TVI. He built up an impressive online following on Instagram and TikTok where he had 50,000 and 22,000 followers respectively.