Thayla was studying Languages, Literature and Cultures at the University of Aveiro when she disappeared on December 15th. Family is asking for help.
A 26-year-old Brazilian woman who moved to Portugal to study disappeared about a month ago from the accommodation where she was living, the newspaper Metrópoles revealed on Tuesday, January 21st.
According to this publication, Thayla Hendyo Pereira da Motta, originally from Guará, in São Paulo, moved to Aveiro in October last year to study Languages, Literature and Cultures with the help of a scholarship.
The young woman continued to attend classes for two months, but on December 15th, she left the accommodation where she was living in Aveiro and never contacted her family or friends again.
The disappearance occurred some time after Thayla started an online fundraising campaign to help her study. The target was 600 euros, but no money was ever raised.
The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs assured the newspaper that the case is being monitored by the Brazilian Consulate in Porto, and that those responsible are providing assistance to Thayla's family. This is something that Notícias ao Minuto has not yet been able to confirm, as it has tried to contact the consulate through several means, without success.
Missing person report filed in Estoril
The Public Security Police (PSP) revealed to Notícias ao Minuto this Wednesday that a missing person report was filed for Thayla Motta "in the Lisbon metropolitan area, more precisely at the Estoril police station", after an alleged friend informed the authorities that the young woman "had abandoned the dormitory at the Aveiro University Campus and was somewhere in the city of Porto, with the intention of returning to Brazil, to be with her family".
According to the authorities, "the student is not attending classes nor does she live on the aforementioned Campus, and to this end, she has removed all her belongings and handed over the room key to the person in charge".
To Notícias ao Minuto, the PSP also assured that "the incident is still being resolved".
Seen in Oriente or Cais do Sodré?
However, the Brazilian's sister, Kimberly Brenda Pereira Amaral, has already told Metrópoles that she is having difficulty obtaining information about the case.
"The only thing we know is that she was having financial problems paying for college. She didn't have a job to continue paying for the costs," she said, adding that, at the police, "they say they can't give out information because they don't know if we are really family."
"We are trying to raise money so we can go there and follow the investigations closely," she added.
In the meantime, with the repercussion of the case, several internet users assured the Brazilian family that they had seen Thayla near the Oriente train station and in Cais do Sodré, in Lisbon, areas known for having many homeless people.
