UK UK - Portia Vincent-Kirby last seen in Hyde Park 21 February 2025

[StillDiggin]

‘It's out of the blue’: Family’s plea to find woman, 33 missing for over three months

The family of a woman who has been missing since February are asking for help to find her.

www.kentonline.co.uk

 

[Konstantin]

‘It's out of the blue’: Family’s plea to find woman, 33 missing for over three months

The family of a woman who has been missing since February are asking for help to find her.

www.kentonline.co.uk

Fantastic that there is more news coverage of this! Hope that more outlets pick this up.

Some things in there that are new information:

The Ballards Lane, North Finchley resident left her job in early February and hasn’t been seen for nearly fourteen weeks.

So Portia went missing shortly after leaving her job. Did leaving her job trigger something that knocked her off course and led to her going missing, or was she unwell and that led to her leaving?

The last sighting of her was on March 14 at The Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel.

I think that is the pub we thought it was. Quite a long time ago now. Does Portia have friends in Whitechapel? Why that pub specifically? Was she hoping to meet someone?

CCTV footage showed her alone, and she did not buy any drinks.

So there is more footage that showed she did not come with someone or actually meet someone there or buy anything. Waiting for someone who didn't show or waiting in the hope that someone specific showed up?

Great that more awareness raising is going on.

 

[jjinnyjay]

Fantastic that there is more news coverage of this! Hope that more outlets pick this up.

Some things in there that are new information:



So Portia went missing shortly after leaving her job. Did leaving her job trigger something that knocked her off course and led to her going missing, or was she unwell and that led to her leaving?



I think that is the pub we thought it was. Quite a long time ago now. Does Portia have friends in Whitechapel? Why that pub specifically? Was she hoping to meet someone?



So there is more footage that showed she did not come with someone or actually meet someone there or buy anything. Waiting for someone who didn't show or waiting in the hope that someone specific showed up?

Great that more awareness raising is going on.

There is still some mystery about her last job.
Portia is not known to have any friends or contacts around Whitechapel, the visit to the pub is most odd. IMO she looks troubled and unwell in cctv image. She was in the pub alone without a drink and a friend from years ago came in.. Portia recognised him and he was unaware that she had been reported missing. He contacted the police when he saw the media coverage. They had a couple of drinks together and went their seperate ways. The next camera on the street was broken so it was unable to determine where she went to. Underground cameras had already deleted the footage.

 

[Cardgame]

There is still some mystery about her last job.
Portia is not known to have any friends or contacts around Whitechapel, the visit to the pub is most odd. IMO she looks troubled and unwell in cctv image. She was in the pub alone without a drink and a friend from years ago came in.. Portia recognised him and he was unaware that she had been reported missing. He contacted the police when he saw the media coverage. They had a couple of drinks together and went their seperate ways. The next camera on the street was broken so it was unable to determine where she went to. Underground cameras had already deleted the footage.

That is indeed very odd.

Was it a chance meeting?

Hope today went well with the tshirts.

It has already yielded the above news article (posted upthread) which is positive.

Did you visit the Whitechapel area today?

Really really hoping this yields more results for you guys. Jog someone's memory or nudge them into coming forward with information.

Someone knows something!!!

 

[jillolantern]

Someone knows something!!!

Since we know this is often not the case, what makes you assert such in this case?

 

[Cardgame]

Since we know this is often not the case, what makes you assert such in this case?

You're right. That should read: *hopefully* someone knows something!

 

[jjinnyjay]

That is indeed very odd.

Was it a chance meeting?

Hope today went well with the tshirts.

It has already yielded the above news article (posted upthread) which is positive.

Did you visit the Whitechapel area today?

Really really hoping this yields more results for you guys. Jog someone's memory or nudge them into coming forward with information.

Someone knows something!!!

Yes it was a chance meeting.
2 of the group covered Whitechapel yesterday.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

What happened on the previous time Portia went missing?

 

[StillDiggin]

The met police have finally appealed for Portia
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Officers are appealing for assistance to help find 33-year-old Portia Vincent-Kirby, who is missing from Finchley.

Portia was last seen on Friday, 21 February at around 20:45hrs in Hyde Park. After leaving her friends, she is believed to have gone to Victoria Station.

She was reported missing to police on Thursday, 13 March.

Officers have been trawling CCTV footage in a bid to trace her movements, with the last confirmed sighting placing her at the Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel on Friday, 14 March.

Portia’s mum, Janina, said:

“We are all very worried as Portia is very vulnerable. Portia has not been in contact with or seen by any family or friends since February.

“We appeal to the public for anyone to please come forward if they know anything about her or her whereabouts. We also appeal to Portia directly, please get in touch with any of your family or friends.”

PC Harjinder Kang, from the Met’s north west missing persons unit, added:

“We are growing increasingly concerned for Portia’s safety, as this behaviour is out of character for her. We urge anyone who may have seen her to contact police.

“Officers have been carrying out a number of enquiries in an effort to trace her and we are now turning to the public for help. Please get in touch if you can help us locate Portia.”

Portia is slim with blue eyes and shoulder-length dyed blonde hair. Her clothing when she went missing is unknown, however she often wears a baseball cap.

She is also known to have links with the Kent area

Police appeal for help to find missing Finchley woman

Her family are appealing for any information.

news.met.police.uk

Missing woman last seen near Hyde Park three months ago spotted in London pub

She disappeared en route to Victoria Station.

metro.co.uk

 

[WestLondoner]

Does anyone know if her passport is still in her flat? - or if not, whether it has been used?

 

[Alyce]

Does anyone know if her passport is still in her flat? - or if not, whether it has been used?

Her bank cards and passport have not been used since March 3, and her phone has also not pinged since then.

New pictures of missing woman's last sighting nearly a month after she vanished

She disappeared en route to Victoria Station.

metro.co.uk

 

[Cardgame]

The met police have finally appealed for Portia
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Officers are appealing for assistance to help find 33-year-old Portia Vincent-Kirby, who is missing from Finchley.

Portia was last seen on Friday, 21 February at around 20:45hrs in Hyde Park. After leaving her friends, she is believed to have gone to Victoria Station.

She was reported missing to police on Thursday, 13 March.

Officers have been trawling CCTV footage in a bid to trace her movements, with the last confirmed sighting placing her at the Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel on Friday, 14 March.

Portia’s mum, Janina, said:

“We are all very worried as Portia is very vulnerable. Portia has not been in contact with or seen by any family or friends since February.

“We appeal to the public for anyone to please come forward if they know anything about her or her whereabouts. We also appeal to Portia directly, please get in touch with any of your family or friends.”

PC Harjinder Kang, from the Met’s north west missing persons unit, added:

“We are growing increasingly concerned for Portia’s safety, as this behaviour is out of character for her. We urge anyone who may have seen her to contact police.

“Officers have been carrying out a number of enquiries in an effort to trace her and we are now turning to the public for help. Please get in touch if you can help us locate Portia.”

Portia is slim with blue eyes and shoulder-length dyed blonde hair. Her clothing when she went missing is unknown, however she often wears a baseball cap.

She is also known to have links with the Kent area

Police appeal for help to find missing Finchley woman

Her family are appealing for any information.

news.met.police.uk

Missing woman last seen near Hyde Park three months ago spotted in London pub

She disappeared en route to Victoria Station.

metro.co.uk

FINALLY.

 

[StillDiggin]

'I knew something was wrong when I walked into my daughter's flat'

Portia Vincent has been missing since February

metro.co.uk

 

[jjinnyjay]

Does anyone know if her passport is still in her flat? - or if not, whether it has been used?

Her passport has not been used.

 

[WestLondoner]

Thanks for that.

So although she was last routinely seen on February 21, her cards and phone did not cease use / pinging until March 3. From that point on, you'd say she might be considered a missing person - except she was definitely seen and spoken to 11 days after that, on March 14, by someone who knew her.

So she managed to go 11 days without using her phone or cards and it wasn't because she had come to harm.

Then she's seen in a pub - so she's clearly at liberty and it would seem in command of herself.

If she could do that for 11 days, she could still be doing it now. Other cards that aren't known about? Burner phone? Second passport (you're allowed to have more than one British passport)?

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Portia Vincent-Kirby​

Met Police statement:



Was there a party in Hyde Park on 21 February? It would have been pitch dark otherwise at that time. She was thought to be going to Victoria Station (why?)
Portia had done various jobs, including as a PA and and administrator, but was not working when she went missing. She lived alone in a flat in Finchley. Her social media suggests she was very social and liked to organise parties. She ran for election as an MP a few years ago (she wasn't elected but she got quite a bit of news coverage!).

It seems a bit off to me that Portia was missing for a couple of weeks or more before the alarm was raised. She had friends and was very social. Did none of them worry she was not in contact?

Some news coverage here:

‘It’s like she has fallen off the earth’: Brother’s plea for sister to make contact

A man whose sister was last seen a month ago is making an urgent plea for her to contact family and friends.

www.kentonline.co.uk

Urgent hunt for woman, 33, who was last seen at London's Hyde Park

An urgent hunt has been launched for missing woman Portia Vincent-Kirby, 33, who was last seen at London's Hyde Park a month ago.

www.dailymail.co.uk

https://archive.ph/JR8WW - Sun article -- doesn't say much more

Just came across this.

She lived in NORTH Finchley apparently, not Finchley. There is a marked difference to those who know the area. North is further up Ballards Lane, generally a notch down from the slightly more upmarket Finchley.

She would/could have travelled on the 13 bus from NF to Victoria, which goes down Park Lane alongside Hyde Park. A longish journey but no underground at NF.

Still catching up but...

so she went to gathering at Hyde Park FIRST, then believed to be heading to Victoria Station. Why there? Opposite direction to route home?

why is she considered 'very vulnerable'? Does she have physical or mental problems which make her so? OK see she had had mental episodes previously.

(that stated here Desperate Search Continues for ‘Very Vulnerable’ Woman Missing from Hyde Park Since February | UKNIP | UK News in Pictures )

So I see she lived on Ballards Lane itself. Depends where. Up to a few streets before the Waitrose it would be Finchley N3, then it becomes North Finchley N12

‘It’s like she has fallen off the earth’: Brother’s plea for sister to make contact

A man whose sister was last seen a month ago is making an urgent plea for her to contact family and friends.

www.kentonline.co.uk

Have to say, she is quite nondescript looking, particularly with a hoodie covering her hair and part of face, and like every other woman you might see on the high street; I doubt she would be picked up on unless you know her personally and could easily go under the radar for some time if living rough.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

It's unclear how Portia knew these people -- the other two individuals who are named as company directors, one is Ukrainian the other one, the woman, might be but her surname isn't typically Ukrainian -- but it's possible that they used her and perhaps paid her to file the company papers with Companies House, then resign. As a front woman so to speak who did the admin. There's nothing I have found to suggest that Portia has links to Ukraine/Russian-speakers. The company is a vehicle for two other people to post their writings about the Russian communist party and other rather odd stuff. Most of it is in Russian, which Portia does not speak. My guess is they perhaps reached out via e.g. her LinkedIn where she posted her phone number (!!) and email and stated she is open to all sorts of work. Is this shady? It could be? Perhaps not. But not advisable.

From her social media you can see Portia has gone missing before, albeit for a shorter time than this disappearance, and has some rather shall we say interesting friends.

E.g. from Portia's social media, she is linked (well, he liked one of her posts which given that she does not have a very large following suggests he perhaps knows her personally) to a known fraudster (known as in actually convicted) who is also involved in the high end party organising lifestyle. I would guess that is how he knows Portia. I don't think I should name him here. Those parties will very likely have lots of drugs and also escorts and its a bit of a wild lifestyle that doesn't lend itself to also holding down a day job. Portia seems to have been getting involved in that lifestyle by doing work advertising parties. She had an internship or something (she is a bit old for that) advertising/marketing parties for one organiser -- it's what her Instagram is all about.

About Portia renting a flat in Finchley -- it's not a cheap area, even though it's not in central London. If she could afford to rent a flat there on her own, she had access to money. London is searingly expensive now even for flatshares.

She lived in North Finchley apparently. That is a less expensive area, renting wise. I rented in Finchley once and it is middle bracket. Both areas are not in the high rent bracket at all, compared to parts of London such as Chelsea, Hampstead, Kensington, Notting Hill, etc.

NF has many HMOs and a high influx of foreign nationals.

So I see she lived on Ballards Lane itself (see my post above). Depends where. Up to a few streets before the Waitrose it would be Finchley N3, then it becomes North Finchley N12