Police investigating Briton’s Amazon disappearance analysing human matter

Police investigating the disappearance of a British journalist and Indigenous official in the Amazon have said they are analysing human matter found in the Itaquai River, near Atalaia do Norte’s port (Edmar Barros/AP)

Police investigating the disappearance of a British journalist and Indigenous official in the Amazon have said they are analysing human matter found in the Itaquai River, near Atalaia do Norte’s port.

It comes as family members of the sole person to be arrested over their disappearance said he was innocent and alleged that authorities were trying to force a confession.