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Family's desperate search for missing academic
Police focus search in Brightlingsea after finding a bag linked to missing psychologist Vitoria Barreto, last seen March 3 near University of Essex, as CCTV reveals key movements.
- Recently, Essex Police released CCTV of missing Vitoria Figueiredo‑Barreto and focused searches near Copperas Road boat yard after her bag was found, urging calls to 999 for information with an update due today.
- Deputy Superintendent Anna Granger said she hadn’t been in contact since Tuesday, March 3, after boarding the number 87 bus in Boundary Road just after 1pm, with her last sighting in Hurst Green shortly after 2.30pm.
- Doorbell and CCTV footage show her in Hurst Green shortly after 2.30pm wearing a dark coat, blue turtleneck, light blue jeans and carrying a white tote bag with 'people over profit'.
- Friends and family are circulating appeals on social media and pleading for information, saying they are deeply worried, while police have mobilised foot officers, air support, specialist dogs and Essex Search and Rescue volunteers.
- CCTV that appears to show someone climbing into the Copperas Road boat yard shortly after midnight on Wednesday 4 March has concentrated searches there, while officers say her Brazilian SIM limited phone tracking and a friend reported an emergency mode signal pointing to the sea.
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New CCTV released in hunt for missing psychologist who mysteriously vanished
Vitoria Figueiredo-Barreto, originally from Brazil, was last seen at the University of Essex last week - but vanished after boarding a local bus, with her possessions later found in the street
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