On Monday morning, the family of missing British journalist Dom Phillips awoke to the news that the body of their cherished relative — along with that of his travel companion, indigenous expert Bruno Pereira — had been found dead in the remote western Amazon.
Mr. Phillips’s brother-in-law, Paul Sherwood, received the news from Roberto Doring, the minister-counselor of the Brazilian Embassy in London. He said two bodies had been found in the surrounding area, tied to trees, and that they were likely to be Messrs. Phillips and Pereira.
Mr. Sherwood quickly made a phone call to Brazil to speak with...