Brit found months ago after disappearing in brazil - with message for family

CHARLOTTE ALICE PEET WAS FIRST REPORTED MISSING IN FEBRUARY BUT HAS JUST BEEN FOUND IN SAO PAULO, TELLING COPS SHE 'EXPRESSED HER DESIRE NOT TO HAVE CONTACT WITH HER FAMILY' 14:06,

03 Jun 2025Updated 14:07, 03 Jun 2025 A Brit journalist who was missing for nearly three months in Brazil has been found in Sao Paulo following a huge police search. Charlotte Alice Peet,

33, was first reported missing on February 8 after she contacted a pal in Rio de Janeiro saying she was planning to travel there but was after a place to stay. It is now understood the

journalist told officers she had been out of touch with her family by choice. Her disappearance sparked a huge search involving Brazilian police, British embassy officials and friends and

family. Now cops say she was found yesterday (June 2) at a hotel room in the exclusive Jardins neighbourhood of Sao Paulo. Authorities added she “expressed her desire not to have contact

with her family.” Missing Persons Unit head Ellen Souto explained: "She was there and clearly demonstrated that she had no interest in maintaining contact with her family, nor in

returning to her country." Article continues below Charlotte's friend in Rio told her anxious parents she had told her pal she was unable to host her because her home was full.

Special police tracked Peet down from phone movements and purchase history on her credit cards. Peet had travelled from Sao Paulo by bus and stayed in hostels in the Botafogo and Leme areas

between February 17-24. Charlotte's father Derek Peet had previously told Sky News she flew back to the South American country without telling her family. “I wouldn't say that it

was normal, there was something on her mind obviously otherwise she would have let us know,” he said. “It's very worrying but I don't have any more to say, I'm very concerned

but I just don't know what's going on, we're just trying to pick up the pieces really.” After Peet was found yesterday, investigators closed her case and her new location has

been relayed to her family. Freelance international reporter Charlotte has been in journalism for nine years and worked for top titles like The Times, The Telegraph, Al Jazeera and the BBC.

She had previously lived in Brazil between 2020 and 2022 and returned in November 2024 after a short spell in the UK. Charlotte studied philosophy at Bristol University before doing a

masters degree in international journalism at City St George's, University of London. She is fluent in Portuguese and also speaks Spanish and French. Article continues below _FOR THE

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