{"id":612062,"date":"2026-09-26T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/612062\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T04:34:10","slug":"search-for-missing-brazilian-woman-in-queenstown-enters-sixth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/612062\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for missing Brazilian woman in Queenstown enters sixth day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Several dozen searchers were involved in Saturday\u2019s operation, alongside drones, search dogs, a helicopter and ground teams.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Land Search and Rescue volunteers have searched the Shotover River, Devil\u2019s Creek and nearby catchments.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Land Search and Rescue volunteers have searched the Shotover River, Devil\u2019s Creek and nearby catchments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe\u2019re hoping to get some sort of indication of where she may have been or obviously find Erika,\u201d Fookes said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Rodrigues Coelho is a Brazilian national living in Queenstown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Police were alerted to her disappearance on Sunday, September 20, after she had not been seen or heard from since Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Coastguard Queenstown used an underwater drone to search a mountain tarn near Skippers Saddle.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Coastguard Queenstown used an underwater drone to search a mountain tarn near Skippers Saddle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Her rental vehicle, a white Toyota RAV4 with a black roof and registration RKM122, was found at Skippers Saddle near Coronet Peak on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Police believe it had been parked there sometime during the afternoon or evening of Friday, September 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Land Search and Rescue volunteers have spent hundreds of hours searching the Shotover River, Devil\u2019s Creek and other nearby catchments, as well as points of interest and possible routes Rodrigues Coelho may have taken from the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The search has involved drones, dogs, a helicopter and ground teams.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The search has involved drones, dogs, a helicopter and ground teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Coastguard Queenstown has used an underwater drone to search a mountain tarn near Skippers Saddle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Police have acknowledged the efforts of volunteers, some of whom had passed up work opportunities and significant personal commitments to join the search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Police and Rodrigues Coelho\u2019s family remain concerned for her welfare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Anyone who has seen Rodrigues Coelho, or the white Toyota RAV4 on September 18 or in the days before, is asked to contact police online or by phone, quoting reference number 260921\/8173.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Anyone who sees her should call 111 immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zEEGoQobVQRR\" style=\"display:none\">Information can also be provided anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several dozen searchers were involved in Saturday\u2019s operation, alongside drones, search dogs, a helicopter and ground teams. 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