Brazil Police Find Apparent Human Remains in River Where Reporter Vanished

Police officers and rescue team conduct a search operation for British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas, Brazil, on June 10, 2022. Bruno Kelly/Reuters

ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil—Brazilian search teams have found “apparently human” remains in the river where a British journalist was last seen in the Amazon rainforest, police said on June 10, in what may be the biggest break yet in the five-day investigation.

The “organic material” is being sent for forensic analysis, federal police stated, along with blood found on a suspect’s boat that will be compared with genetic material from journalist Dom Phillips and travel companion and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.