June 11 (UPI) -- Brazilian police said they've found what appears to be human remains in their search for a missing British journalist and Indigenous expert in the Amazon.
The potentially grim news came Friday, five days after journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous researcher Bruno Araújo Pereira failed to show up in Atalaia do Norte following a research trip they took on the river.
"Search teams found on the river, near to Atalaia do Norte, apparently human organic material," Brazil's federal police said in a statement, according to The Guardian.
Phillips is a longtime contributor to The Guardian.
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