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Essex Police Release New CCTV Fixing 12:22 a.m. Final Sighting of Missing Academic

The footage places her nearer to a boat later found adrift without proving she unmoored it.

Overview

  • Essex Police released two CCTV clips Wednesday that fix a last confirmed sighting at 12:22am on March 4.
  • One clip shows a woman believed to be Vitória Barreto in a field south of Hurst Green at 3:33pm on March 3 between Back Waterside Lane and Mill Street.
  • The other clip shows her walking through an industrial site off Copperas Road near Brightlingsea Creek and the marina.
  • Detectives say the footage places her closer to a pontoon linked to a boat later found adrift near Bradwell-on-Sea without confirming she released it.
  • Investigators are seeking her communication and financial data through international partners and urge sightings to be reported to 999 quoting incident 622 of March 4.