Brazil police skeptical of 'apparently human' remains found in hunt for reporter

Federal police officers investigate a seized illegal fishermen's boat during the search operation for British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, who both went missing while reporting in a remote and lawless part of the Amazon rainforest near the border with Peru, in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Brazilian investigators are skeptical that remains found in a river could be from a British journalist who went missing in the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, two police officers involved in the case told Reuters.

On Friday, federal police had announced finding "organic material" that was "apparently human," raising expectations of a breakthrough in the search for reporter Dom Phillips and his travel companion, indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.