Essex Police Access Laptop, Review New Port Footage in Hunt for Missing Brazilian

Overview

• Police confirmed the laptop recovered on March 14 in Brightlingsea belongs to Vitória Figueiredo Barreto and have accessed it for forensic analysis.
• New, undisclosed CCTV from the Brightlingsea port area shows vessel movements between midnight and 6 a.m. on March 4, and detectives are appealing for witnesses from that time window.
• The footage has not conclusively shown who unmoored a boat later found adrift near Bradwell-on-Sea, with the last confirmed image of Vitória at 00:16 on March 4 near the marina.
• A dedicated online portal launched on March 16 is collecting sightings after 13:44 on March 3, as search teams continue work in Brightlingsea, Bradwell-on-Sea and across the Dengie peninsula.
• Relatives await phone and bank data authorized by a Brazilian court order, while her passport, mobile phone and bank cards remain unlocated.