Last known sighting of missing Essex woman in new CCTV appeal

2 Apr 2026 • 5:31 AM MYT
The Independent
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  • Police have released CCTV footage detailing the last known movements of Vitoria Barreto, a 30-year-old Brazilian academic who has been missing in Essex for four weeks.
  • Ms Barreto was last in contact with loved ones on March 3 after meeting a friend at Essex University in Colchester.
  • CCTV shows her boarding a bus from Wivenhoe to Brightlingsea on March 3, disembarking in Bellfield Avenue at 1:30 pm.
  • Further footage places her in Hurst Green at 2:30 pm, and police believe she was seen walking across a field south of Hurst Green at 3:33 pm.
  • The latest sighting shows Ms Barreto at an industrial site on Copperas Road, near Brightlingsea Creek and the marina, at 12:22 am on March 4, with Essex Police appealing for public assistance.

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