Search for Missing Bacabal Siblings Expands With Grid Mapping and Lake Sweeps

Overview

• Rescuers divided the search zone into 46 quadrants and are tracking teams with a geolocation app, with 25 sectors fully inspected so far.
• Fire department divers began a fine-tooth sweep of Lagoa Limpa, aiming to map the 300‑square‑meter lake within up to three days.
• The operation spans roughly 54 square kilometers and now includes reinforcements from Pará and Ceará, nationally certified search dogs, drones, thermal cameras and helicopters.
• Hundreds of personnel from the fire service, military police, civil police, Army, ICMBio, municipal forces and registered volunteers continue coordinated ground searches.
• IPCA specialists conducted protected interviews as exams confirmed the 8‑year‑old cousin found on January 7 suffered no sexual violence, a R$20,000 reward remains active and police say a recent detention on another case is unrelated.