Police in Brazil have confirmed human remains found in the Amazon are those of missing British journalist Dom Phillips.
The identification was based on dental records, authorities said.
The second body, believed to be that of Mr Phillips' Brazilian companion Bruno Pereira, is still under forensic analysis.Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, 41, nicknamed Pelado, led officers to two bodies in the rainforest. His brother, Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, was also arrested in connection with the killings, but denies any involvement.
Mr Phillips and Mr Pereira vanished on June 5 when they were working on a story about protecting the rainforest. They were last seen on their boat in a river near the entrance of the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, which borders Peru and Colombia.
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