Remains found in the Amazon belong to journalist Dom Phillips 0:54
(CNN) --
British journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira were shot to death in the Amazon "with typical hunting ammunition," according to a Brazilian Federal Police statement released Saturday.
The second body found on Wednesday was confirmed to belong to Pereira, the statement added.
Pereira's remains were compared to his dental records.
On Friday, a forensic dental examination carried out at the National Institute of Criminalistics in Brasilia had confirmed that part of the remains found on Wednesday belonged to British journalist Dom Phillips.
Pereira and Phillips had disappeared on June 5, in Vale do Javari, in the Amazon.
What led Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira to risk their lives in the Amazon?
From Marcelo Mederios and Aliza Kassim of CNN
