Overview
- Ágatha Isabelle and Allan Michael vanished on January 4 after going out to play in the Quilombo de São Sebastião dos Pretos, in Bacabal.
- Five firefighters from Ceará arrived with four Ligabom-certified dogs and thermal-camera drones to conduct area sweeps and odor-specific tracking.
- Maranhão fire department divers began sweeping Lago Limpo on Wednesday, expanding checks of lakes and the Mearim River.
- Authorities are coordinating roughly 500 responders from ICMBio, fire departments, Civil and Military Police, municipal guards, the Army, quilombola residents and volunteers using geolocation apps to map coverage.
- The Polícia Civil and the IPCA continue the investigation, with the multidisciplinary team having interviewed the third child found on January 7, whose exams indicated no sexual abuse.