British journalist Charlotte Peet who vanished in Brazil four months ago has been found

Charlotte Alice Peet, who was working for Al Jazeera and British news outlets, was found alive on Monday (Picture: Facebook)

A British journalist who went missing in Brazil has been found after four months in a hostel in Sao Paulo.

Charlotte Alice Peet, who was working for Al Jazeera and British news outlets, was found alive on Monday after going missing in February.

Police said she had ‘expressed her desire not to have contact with her family’, and had flown out to South America without telling them.

The 32-year-old had been seen boarding a bus from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, and was also spotted at a bar Copacabana Beach.

She was last heard from after messaging a friend saying she was preparing to travel to Rio and was looking for somewhere to stay.

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NEW pictures have emerged of missing British journalist Charlotte Peet on a bus to Rio de Janeiro and at a bar-restaurant near to the city?s famous Copacabana beach as police continue to investigate her mystery disappearance. Earlier this week investigators said the 32-year-old had been seen boarding a bus from Sao Paulo to Rio after conflicting earlier reports pointing to her booking tickets but failing to make the journey. Overnight the last-known sighting of Charlotte, who flew to Brazil without telling her family, was identified as the Morro da Babilonia which is a hill in Rio?s Leme neighbourhood separating Copacabana beach from the neighbourhood of Botafogo that is also home to a slum area of the same name. Brazilian media outlet Globo published a photo of Charlotte it said was taken on February 15 at an unnamed beach bar on a street called Gustavo Sampaio Street, near to Leme Beach and a short walk from the famous Copacabana Beach. It also published a snap of her on the bus she took from Sao Paulo?s Tiete Bus Terminal to Rio a week earlier.
Charlotte has ‘expressed her desire not to have contact with her family’
Charlotte Peet, 32, was reported missing this week by a friend who she messaged on February 8 (Picture: Facebook)

Charlotte then failed to respond to any further messages, including from her worried family.

Charlotte’s father Derek Peet told Sky News after she was reported missing that she had flown to Brazil without telling her family.

He said: ‘I wouldn’t say that it was normal, there was something on her mind obviously otherwise she would have let us know.’

‘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.’

Freelance reporter Charlotte describes herself online as being ‘fluent in Portuguese’ with nine years of experience in journalism.

She says on LinkedIn she has worked for Al Jazeera, the Times and the Evening Standard among others as well as appearing on the BBC World Service.

Lonely Planet has described her as a member of its team of travel experts.

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