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A 12-YEAR-OLD girl has spent a fifth night away from her London home after going missing on Friday in the south-east of the city.
Tia Sharp was last seen leaving her grandmother’s home in New Addington at midday on Friday 3 August. The girl said she was heading to the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, but hasn’t been seen since.
Her mother has spoken of her fears that Tia has been abducted, and her stepfather said that the family has not slept since the girl disappeared.
The Sun newspaper has offered a £25,000 reward for information that leads to the missing girl being found, and police are urging the public to come forward with any information which might help them locate her.
Police have had 55 reported sightings of the girl since launching heir appeal, but say that none has been substantiated.
“We know Tia was at her grandmother’s house and slept late on the morning of Friday 3 August,” said Detective Chief Inspector Nick Scola from the specialist crime and operations unit. “She then left to get the bus. She told her grandmother’s partner she was going out. He was the last person to see her, that we are aware of at this time.”
Her family have described her as a “playful” girl who has never run away from home and who knows her local area.
The PA reports that police searched an area of woodland close to where she was last seen and that scores of people turned out at a local rugby club to participate in a search yesterday evening.
Undated police handout photo of Tia Sharp, 12
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if she left the house why is there no cctv of her going anywhere…. thoughts are with her mum and i hope she comes home soon
@Gina61 I agree it’s very strange!!!! I’ve been following the story n news reports but the information coming out is just not adding up.
I really hope she is alive n well and is returned home safely to her family but it’s not looking that way at the moment according to other news reports they have searched a wooded area near the grandmothers house where the grandmothers partner supposedly last saw her…..but have now arrived at the house with dogs etc to do a search. Her poor family must be going through hell rite now.
This puts our minor worries into perspective. I hope she is found well and soon. My heart goes out to her family.
can’t understand how there is no CCTV footage ! please god she will be found safe and well ….
Why expect there to be CCTV footage? I assume her grandmother lives in a residential area and most don’t have CCTV. Im sure the police have been checking footage of any cameras in the area but it takes a while.
God love her…. Hope it ends well but as time goes on you really start to think the worst! Funny how’s there’s no CCTV on the day she went missing but is from day before ?? Plus where are the women in this family, seems to be just stepfather and partners ……. Hope what I’m thinking doesn’t play out that way!
Thoughts and prayers with this poor girls family. I hope Tia will be found safe and well.
Very sad – and odd. Who goes shopping for shoes (according to reports) and appears on no CCTV anywhere?. And leaves her mobile phone charging at home (again according to reports)? Don’t like the way this is going. Beginning to think the unthinkable.
I’m just saying where is he mother she hasn’t bn on tv saying anything!! Hope she’s found soon
Her mother had been on the tv appealing for her safe return. The phrase ‘just saying’ has got to be one of the most irritating lines ever, btw. If you’re accusing someone of something, just say it. If not, please don’t try & sound clever by half saying something but then trying to take no responsibility for your words.
Hope she turns up safe and well….
looks like grandmothers boyfriend is being questioned ‘(
My heart goes out to her family. I really hope she is found safe and well.
That’s my point Sharon
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