Dom Phillips
Dominic Mark Phillips (23 July 1964 – 5 June 2022)[2] was a British freelance journalist. He wrote for The Guardian and The Washington Post,[3] and contributed to The New York Times, The Times,[2] the Financial Times, Bloomberg News,[1] The Intercept, The Observer, The Independent, the Daily Beast, soccer magazine Four Four Two and energy newswire Platts among others.[4][5]
Dom Phillips | |
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.jpg) Phillips questioning Jair Bolsonaro in 2019 | |
| Born | Dominic Mark Phillips[1] 23 July 1964 |
| Disappeared | 5 June 2022 Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas, Brazil |
| Died | 5 June 2022 (aged 57) Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas, Brazil |
| Body discovered | 15 June 2022 Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas, Brazil |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Freelancer The Guardian The Washington Post |
| Spouse(s) | Alessandra Sampaio |
On 5 June 2022, he and Brazilian Bruno Pereira, an expert on Indigenous peoples of Brazil, went missing in the remote Javari Valley in the far western part of the state of Amazonas in Brazil, one of the most remote zones in the rainforest. On 14 June, Amarildo da Costa da Oliveira allegedly confessed to shooting and killing Phillips and Pereira and led police to the men's bodies the following day.