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New Zealand Police said searches for Erika Rodrigues Coelho continued near Queenstown, with several searches conducted on 3 October 2026 and further searching expected the next day. Police have asked anyone who saw Erika or her white Toyota RAV4 around the time she went missing to contact them.
What is known about Erika’s disappearance?
Police identified Erika Rodrigues Coelho as a 47-year-old Brazilian national residing in Queenstown. She was last seen or heard from on Friday, 18 September 2026. Police were notified on Sunday, 20 September, after she had not been seen or heard from.
On Monday, 21 September, police found her rental vehicle—a white Toyota RAV4 with a black roof, registration RKM122—at Skippers Saddle near Coronet Peak. Police said the vehicle had been parked there sometime on Friday afternoon or evening.
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Where have search teams been looking?
Police described searches across the Shotover and Devil’s Creek catchments, other nearby catchments, points of interest, and routes Erika might have taken from where the vehicle was left. Search resources have included Land Search and Rescue volunteers, police staff, Coastguard Queenstown, drones, and a helicopter. As of a police update on 25 September, volunteers had spent hundreds of hours searching; police did not give an exact cumulative total.
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Mount Dewar and the latest update
A police release dated 1 October said searching continued in the Mount Dewar area. It reported that 18 Search and Rescue volunteers and police staff spent that day looking for specific clues, and said the search would continue the following day.
The latest police search result located, published on 3 October, said several searches took place that day in the area where Erika went missing and that searching would continue the following day. The result did not provide further operational details.
Underwater search near the vehicle
Coastguard Queenstown said it used an underwater drone to search a mountain tarn near the vehicle’s location. Coastguard operator Stephen Jarvis worked from the old jetty to look beneath the surface in an area it said could not be checked from shore or air.
How to share information with police
Police asked anyone who has seen Erika since 18 September, or who saw the white Toyota RAV4 on 18 September or in the days before, to contact them. Give police reference number 260921/8173.
- Call 105 or submit information online through the New Zealand Police 105 service.
- If you are witnessing a sighting as it happens, call 111 immediately.
- For anonymous information, contact Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
Contact routes and appeal details can change; check the live New Zealand Police appeal before contacting them.
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