British police ask for international help in the search for a Brazilian missing in England

Psychologist Vitória Figueiredo Barreto, missing in the United Kingdom Disclosure/Essex Police Police in the English county of Essex are ending the physical search for Brazilian psychologist Vitória Barreto, missing in the United Kingdom since March 3. Now, the investigation enters a new phase. Agents seek to access Brazilian banking and communication data, which depends on international cooperation. The police did not clarify to BBC News Brasil which institutions or countries were contacted. “The physical searches on land, on the coast and in the water are being finalized. We await new information that could lead us to specific areas. At the moment, our focus is on the analysis of communication and financial data from Vitória, in cooperation with international partners”, says the police, in a statement. Brazilian woman has been missing for a week in England What is known so far Vitória Figueiredo Barreto, 30, was last seen on the campus of the University of Essex in Wivenhoe, located about 90 kilometers from London. Vitória is from Fortaleza, Ceará. She was in England for visits to the University of Essex, staying at the home of a professor at the institution with whom she developed projects in her field of study. According to Essex Police, she had boarded a bus at around 1pm local time in Wivenhoe on the day she disappeared. Security camera footage shows she disembarked 30 minutes later in the seaside town of Brightlingsea. The investigation indicates that the Brazilian woman may have taken a boat from a shipyard in Brightlingsea a day later. The vessel was later found adrift, with one life jacket missing. According to friends and family, the last signal emitted by Vitória’s cell phone indicated a location at sea, close to the docks where she disappeared. A week after the disappearance, on the 10th, police reported that security cameras filmed a lone person jumping property fences in the Brightlingsea region. Investigators believe this person to be Vitória. Police also found a bag containing Vitória’s belongings on the ground, and the fabric of her coat was seen on barbed wire fences. Her laptop was also found, and images also showed the Brazilian removing branches, thorns and dirt from her pants. Physical searches to find a missing Brazilian woman in England will be completed; police will continue investigation Vigil brings together friends and family for Brazilian missing in England Missing for 20 days On the day of her disappearance, Vitória had lunch with her friend in Wivenhoe. The two were supposed to meet again at the end of the afternoon, but the woman from Ceará never showed up, the Brazilian teacher told TV Record. According to Essex Police, Vitória was last seen wearing a dark coat, a blue turtleneck, light blue jeans and black sneakers. The advice is that anyone in the country with information about the Brazilian woman should call 999. In a note to Agência Brasil, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that it is following the case. In the statement, Itamaraty highlighted that it monitors the disappearance through the Consulate General of Brazil in London and that it maintains contact with the authorities and Vitória’s family, “to whom due consular assistance has been provided.”

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