Soap star Felipe Selau was found dead in his apartment aged just 31 on Tuesday October 14. He was best known for his role as Paulo Tiago in the hit Brazilian teen soap Malhação which he played in 2014. The discovery followed days of worrying behaviour which was revealed by his devastated football star sister Priscila Back Selau, who is a midfielder for Cruzeiro. In a tearful Instagram video she confessed he had stopped showing up for work and had been acting strangely in the lead up to his death.

"Last week, his boss messaged me on Instagram asking for my number. He immediately called me, asking if I knew anything about Fê because he'd been trying to reach him since the day before and he wasn't responding.He went to his apartment, knocked, and no one answered. I spoke to one of Fê's friends and gave him permission to go to the flat with a locksmith. When they entered, my brother was lying in bed asleep.

"He was actually drugged, unable to stay awake. But he gradually got better and returned to normal," she said.

However she revealed his erratic behaviour only continued. She said he spoke to their mother on Saturday October 11 claiming to be fine and telling her he was going to the theatre.

But the following day on Sunday October 12 his mother was once again unab le to reach him and he wasn't responding to messages.

This led Priscila to ask the receptionist of his apartment building in Sao Paulo to knock on his door on Monday October 13 where someone responded asking who it was.

Although he was reported fine on that occassion by Tuesday, no one could contact him again. "We called a locksmith again and when he tried to enter, he couldn't push the door open because my brother was lying on the other side," Priscila said.

"They called the fire department and the police, and when they arrived, my brother was already dead.

"They did an examination and found some things in his apartment, including antidepressants, but I don't know what happened," she admitted.

An autopsy is pending to determine the tragic actor's cause of death.