Searches continue for student missing seven months

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 09:32 · Archive

Searches are ongoing for Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto, 31, who disappeared in Brightlingsea, Essex, on 3 March.

Searches remain ongoing for Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto, 31, a university student who disappeared in Brightlingsea, Essex. She was last seen on 3 March after arriving in the UK on 1 March and staying with a university lecturer in Southend. She had met a friend at the University of Essex in Colchester before boarding a bus to Brightlingsea at around 1pm that day.

CCTV footage showed her in the Hurst Green area just after 2.30pm on 3 March. Later that night, CCTV captured her jumping over a fence into a boatyard shortly after midnight on 4 March. The last confirmed sighting was at 12.16am, with a 20-minute gap in footage during which police believe a boat was unmoored. A boat was found adrift near Bradwell-on-Sea around midday on 4 March.

Ms Barreto was reported missing to Essex Police later on 4 March. Her white shoulder bag was found near Copperas Road, Brightlingsea, on 9 March, and her laptop was discovered in the area on 14 March. The case appeared on BBC Crimewatch on 14 October in a renewed appeal for information about her disappearance.

Searches continue for student missing seven months — Image: Ipswich Star

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Searches continue for missing student last seen seven months agoSearches are ongoing for a missing university student Vitoria Barretto who disappeared in Brightlingsea, Essex, seven months ago.Ipswich Star · 15 Oct, 09:00
Searches continue for missing student last seen seven months agoSearches are ongoing for a missing university student Vitoria Barretto who disappeared in Brightlingsea, Essex, seven months ago.East Anglian Daily Times · 15 Oct, 09:00

In this story: Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto · University of Essex · Brightlingsea · Essex Police · Southend · Bradwell-on-Sea

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