Sunday 26 June 2022 05:12 PM Widow of British journalist Dom Phillips weeps at cremation as cops probe ... trends now
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The family of the British journalist murdered in the Amazon called for justice as his cremation took place today.
Guardian writer Dom Phillips, 57, was cremated at Parque da Colina cemetery in Niteroi, Brazil this afternoon, four weeks after he and indigenous expert guide Bruno Pereira, 41, vanished.
Phillips's widow Alessandra Sampaio was pictured embracing Dom's sister SIan at the cemetery today.
Ms Sampaio, who was also given her late husband's wedding ring, said: 'Now we can bring them home and say goodbye with love.'
Dom Phillips's widow Alessandra Sampaio (centre) pleaded for justice after the funeral today
Sampaio (second from left) embraces Sian Phillips (second from right) at the ceremony
Bruno was buried on Friday.
Their bodies were finally returned to the Phillips and Pereira families last week.
Four suspects have been detained by police.
Pereira was introducing Phillips to people he could interview for an upcoming book about the Amazon when their boat failed to show up to a meeting place near the Peruvian border.
Suspect Gabriel Dantas, who handed himself into police in Sao
