Police launch urgent search for missing 19-year-old from Wantage

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 17:33 · Archive

Police are searching for Rachel, 19, from Wantage, missing since 1.30pm on Thursday.

Thames Valley Police have launched an urgent search for Rachel, 19, from Wantage, who went missing on Thursday, 22 October at around 1.30pm. She is described as white, approximately 5ft 7ins tall with a slim build, brown wavy hair just below shoulder length.

When last seen, Rachel was wearing blue jogging bottoms, an olive green t-shirt, a dark raincoat and an olive green beanie hat. She is known to frequent the Steventon and Milton areas of Oxfordshire.

Police are urging anyone who sees Rachel to call 999 immediately. Information about her whereabouts can also be reported online through the missing persons portal, quoting investigation reference 43260553430. Thames Valley Police has confirmed that a missing person will not be in trouble when found, and reporting someone as missing does not waste officers' time.

How it is being reported

• 'Urgent' search launched in Oxfordshire for missing 19-year-old girlRachel has been missing since this afternoon but police say the search to find her is 'urgent'.Oxford Mail · 22 Oct, 17:17
• 'Urgent' search launched in Oxfordshire for missing 19-year-old girlRachel has been missing since this afternoon but police say the search to find her is 'urgent'.Oxfordshire Guardian · 22 Oct, 17:17

In this story: Rachel · Wantage · Thames Valley Police · Oxfordshire · Steventon · Milton

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