Summary
Category: world
A Brazilian psychologist named Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto, who was visiting the UK, has been missing since early March. Police think she may have taken a boat from a boatyard in Essex, as a person resembling her was seen on security footage in the area. The boat was later found adrift, and police are searching for her along the Essex coastline.
Key Facts
- Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto is a 30-year-old clinical psychologist from Fortaleza, Brazil.
- She went missing after meeting a friend on 3 March in Essex, UK.
- CCTV footage shows someone, believed to be Barreto, entering a boatyard and possibly taking a boat.
- The boat was discovered adrift near Bradwell-on-Sea and returned to Brightlingsea.
- Police have been searching land and coastline areas around the River Blackwater and other sites.
- They are asking local boat owners to check their vessels and seek additional footage from the area.
- Barreto had attended a conference in Morocco before coming to the UK in February for a research project.
- Her friend noted Barreto was unusually quiet before she went missing.
