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Just ten days after their June 22 wedding, Rute Cardoso’s life was shattered when her husband, football star Diogo Jota, died in a fiery car crash alongside his younger brother. The couple had been celebrating love and building a future with their three children, but joy turned to tragedy overnight. Only hours before the accident, Rute had shared a blissful wedding reel on Instagram. Then came the heartbreaking call: the bodies were unrecognisable, and police needed her to identify them. With unimaginable strength, Rute confirmed the deceased were her husband and brother-in-law. As the investigation into the crash continues, no answers can undo the loss that now defines her world.
