The indications of a crime in the case of the British journalist missing in the Brazilian Amazon region and an indigenous expert who also went missing are growing. One of the suspects arrested admitted that he was involved in the murder of the two, as the federal police said at a press conference in the Amazon metropolis of Manaus yesterday evening (local time). The suspect led the police to “human remains”.
These will now be examined. The site was therefore a good three kilometers away from where personal belongings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira were found. The motive for the alleged crime was initially unclear.
Wife: Now we can take her home
“While we are still awaiting final confirmations, this tragic outcome ends our fears and anguish of not knowing where Dom and Bruno are,” wrote Alessandra Sampaio, Philipps’ wife, in a statement. “Now we can take her home and say goodbye with love.”
The search for justice begins. The Javari Valley Indigenous Association lamented the “priceless loss” of “two partners”. It was above all the indigenous people of the region who had driven the search for the missing people from the start.