Local authorities launched an investigation to find the freelance reporter, who has also worked at The Times and Al Jazeera, on 17 February after that friend informed the local Tourist Information Office that her friend had never appeared.
A British journalist who was declared missing a fortnight ago after being seen boarding a bus in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo is believed to have “voluntarily disappeared”, authorities have said.
The Rio de Janeiro Whereabouts Discovery Unit (DDPA) that took over the case has now said they believe she stayed at a hostel in Copacabana, where she remained until 17 February.
Brazilian authorities say they have found selfies taken on Charlotte Peet’s phone suggesting she had ‘disappeared voluntarily’.
Ms Peet described herself as fluent in Portuguese with nine years of experience as a journalist, including four years reporting abroad.
