HUMAN remains discovered deep in the Amazon rainforest belong to a missing British journalist, police in Brazil have confirmed. Police searching for Dom Phillips and an expert from a local tribe, P…
The remains were uncovered earlier this week from a grove in a remote area of jungle in Atalaia Do Norte.Two of the suspects are fisherman Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira - nicknamed Pelado - and his 41-year-old brother Oseney da Costa de Oliveira - known as Dos Santos.Amarildo was arrested last week on weapons charges, while Oseney was taken into custody on Tuesday night.
Brazilian police took Oseney out on the river to the search site in a police boat on Wednesday, escorted by officers with his face covered and a red and black hooded sweatshirt pulled low over his head. Dom Phillips' wife, Alessandra Sampaio, said the sad discovery "puts an end to the anguish of not knowing" what happened to her husband.cops denied this and claimed no bodies have been discoveredAccording to The Guardian, Mr Phillips' family received a call from an aide to the ambassador on Monday saying their bodies had been discovered tied to trees in the rainforest.
But Mr Phillips' brother-in-law, Paul Sherwood, said ambassador Fred Arruda had written to the family to say the statement was incorrect. Mr Arruda said: "We are deeply sorry the embassy passed on to the family yesterday information that did not prove correct."
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