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A Brazilian psychologist who went missing in Essex is believed to have possibly taken a boat from a local boatyard, according to police investigating her disappearance. Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto, 30, has not been heard from since meeting a friend on March 3, prompting concern from her family about her wellbeing.
Essex Police revealed that CCTV footage shows a person thought to be Barreto vaulting a fence into a boatyard shortly after midnight on March 3. Around the same time, authorities became aware that a boat had been unmoored from Brightlingsea and was later found floating adrift near Bradwell-on-Sea before being brought back to the boatyard. Although there is no definitive footage showing who unmoored the vessel, police are investigating the possibility that it was Barreto.
Barreto, originally from Fortaleza and a clinical psychologist, had recently attended a conference in Morocco before arriving in the UK on February 2. She was working on a research project at the University of Essex in Colchester and had been staying with her friend Liliane Silva. On March 3, Barreto met Silva and subsequently traveled by bus to Brightlingsea, a coastal town roughly 30 minutes away. That was the last time anyone heard from her.
Detective Superintendent Anna Granger reported that a vast area around the River Blackwater, the Dengie peninsula, the River Crouch, and along the southern coast of Mersea Island has been thoroughly searched. Police have also requested that owners of boats in Brightlingsea check their vessels and have encouraged the public to come forward with any CCTV footage of the harbor area. Simpson Silva, Barreto’s friend, described her as unusually quiet when they met—contrasting with her typical cheerful and social nature—and said she appeared unwell but without any identifiable reason. Prior to the latest developments, a white shoulder bag matching one Barreto was known to carry was located near the waterfront at Copperas Road in Brightlingsea
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