{"id":544750,"date":"2026-07-11T17:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/544750\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:17:28","slug":"influencer-plunges-to-death-from-dubai-tower-block-foul-play-not-ruled-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/544750\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencer plunges to death from Dubai tower block \u2013 foul play &#8216;not ruled out&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kauana Bilhar, 27, died after falling from the 27th floor of a tower block in Dubai &#8211; police are said to not be ruling out the possibility of homicide<\/p>\n<p>09:22, 10 Jul 2026Updated 09:25, 10 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kauana Bilhar\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783790247_509_1_Influencer-27-dies-after-falling-from-27th-floor-of-high-rise-building.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Kauana Bilhar has died in Dubai\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Kauana Bilhar has died in Dubai(Image: Jam Press\/@kauanabilhar)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An influencer has died after falling from the 27th floor of a tower block.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Kauana Bilhar, 27, sadly lost her life while in <a aria-label=\"DubaiLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/united-arab-emirates\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Dubai<\/a> after falling from a building, sparking a <a aria-label=\"policeLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/police\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a> investigation. She had amassed a huge following online for her modelling work and travel content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Her passing was confirmed by her mother, Darla Bilhar, on July 7. Police are reportedly not ruling out the possibilities of an accident, suicide or homicide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThere are no words capable of expressing the magnitude of the longing you left behind,\u201d said Darla. \u201cToday you are no longer by my side as I dreamed, but you will live forever within me.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"police\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783790248_156_1_Influencer-27-dies-after-falling-from-27th-floor-of-high-rise-building.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Police are reportedly not ruling out the possibilities of an accident, suicide or homicide\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Police are reportedly not ruling out the possibilities of an accident, suicide or homicide(Image: Jam Press\/@kauanabilhar)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cI love you infinitely, my girl. Until the day we can meet again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The influencer\u2019s mother has travelled to Dubai to follow the investigations and to get her daughter\u2019s body back to Brazil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In one of Kauana&#8217;s latest posts she was celebrating her engagement with partner Barbara Abrantes. She posted the celebration on June 25, which is believed to be her last on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kauana's latest posts she was celebrating her engagement \" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0_Influencer-27-dies-after-falling-from-27th-floor-of-high-rise-building.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Kauana recently celebrated her engagement \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Kauana recently celebrated her engagement (Image: Jam Press\/@kauanabilhar)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The exact date of the Brazilian model&#8217;s death is unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Heartbroken mum Darla has called for respect after her daughter&#8217;s social media was flooded with malicious comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She added: \u201cMy daughter deserves respect. She can no longer respond to the accusations, the malicious comments, the stories that are being created about her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIt is with my soul in pieces that I come to speak out. My daughter deserves respect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kauana Bilhar, 27, died after falling from the 27th floor of a tower block in Dubai &#8211; police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2476,93,61,60,36222],"class_list":["post-544750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-breaking-news","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-united-arab-emirates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}