Remains of UK journalist Phillips identified in Brazil

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Remains of UK journalist Phillips identified in Brazil

17 June 2022

The remains of one of the two bodies found in the remote Amazon rainforest are those of UK journalist Dom Phillips, Brazilian police confirm.

They say the identification was based on dental records.

The second body - believed to be that of indigenous expert Bruno Pereira - is still being examined.

Mr Phillips, 57, and Mr Pereira, 41, were first reported missing on 5 June. Earlier this week, a suspect confessed to burying the bodies.

The suspect was later named as Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira. The police said he had explained in detail how both men were killed before leading officers to the place where their bodies were buried.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61848789

[Judi Lynn]

1. Horrible. Was hoping so much he and Pereira weren't the same two murder victims.

Unforgivable.

It also means the book he was writing on the destruction of the Amazon won't be finished.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if some writer who knew him could use his notes and put them together and publish them? I read he was near the end of his work gathering information for it.

Thanks for breaking the news about the tragic end of someone the greedy oligarchs hated. He worked to save the world, before it's clearly too late.