Dom Phillips
Dominic Mark Phillips (23 July 1964 – 5 June 2022) was a British freelance journalist. He wrote for The Guardian and The Washington Post, and contributed to The Times, the Financial Times and Bloomberg News, among others. 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. Early life and education Phillips was born to Gillian (née Watson) and Bernard Phillips on 23 July 1964, in Bebington, Cheshire. His mother was Welsh and later became a schoolteacher, and his father was an Irish accountant who later became a lecturer at Liverpool Polytechnic. He had a twin sister and brother. During his youth, Phillips shared his family's interest in music and outdoor activities, forming a series of bands with his brother and friends. Phillips won a scholarship to St Anselm's College in Birkenhead. He studied literature in a combined degree