Watch: Family 'worried' for missing Vitória
A psychologist from Brazil has been missing in Essex for about a week.
Vitória Figueiredo Barreto, 30, took a 30‑minute bus journey from Colchester to the coastal town of Brightlingsea on Tuesday, 3 March, and family and friends have not heard from her since.
She had been visiting a friend and working on a research project with her at the University of Essex.
Her friend Liliane Silva said Barreto "was not herself" on the morning she went missing and her family were "very worried" for her safety as she had been "struggling" with her mental health.
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