The Criminalistics Institute of the Federal Police (PF) in Brasília should release by Thursday (23) the bodies of indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips. The experts will still finalize the ballistics tests to determine the distance that the shots were fired.
In addition to the forensic examinations, the testimonies of the suspects have helped the police to clarify the dynamics of the crime.
According to PF sources, the third suspect arrested, Jefferson Lima da Silva reported to the authorities that he and the fisherman Amarildo da Costa Oliveira were responsible for shooting the victims. According to him, Pereira even greeted Amarildo minutes before the murder. Shortly afterwards, the indigenist saw the suspect’s boat and instructed the journalist to photograph it – which would have angered the fisherman.
The expertise has already identified that Bruno was hit by three shots and Dom by one.
After identifying the bodies, the police also located the boat in which the pair were traveling and which was sunk by the killers.
On Friday (17) and Saturday (18), investigators confirmed that the remains found in the forest were those of Dom and Bruno.
*Posted by Renata Souza
Source: CNN Brasil
