Overview
- After 14 days in hospital, the 8-year-old received court authorization to accompany police and indicated the route he took with his cousins.
- He pointed investigators to an abandoned shack known as the “casa caída” near the Mearim River, where scent dogs detected the children's traces.
- Multiagency teams, including Navy personnel and divers, are using side scan sonar to map the riverbed and steer underwater searches along targeted stretches.
- The Maranhão Civil Police formed an eight-member commission to lead the investigation and say there is no indication that local residents are involved.
- Search operations span about 54 km² of dense, difficult terrain; the temporary camp at the quilombo was dismantled after a full sweep and most volunteers have left.