'Please come home' - family's urgent plea to missing Kent boy who has been missing for a week

The family of a Kent boy who has now been missing for a week have urged him to "please come home". The 16-year-old, was last seen in Cuxton, near Rochester, at 12.52pm on Saturday, November 9 and his family are desperate to hear from him.

He was last seen walking into an alleyway off Woodhurst Close in the direction of Cuxton Woods. In a statement released by his family to mark one week since he was last seen, his loved ones are urging anyone with information who has not yet spoken to police to come forward.

They said: “Thank you to all of the individuals involved in the search, including the public, professionals and volunteers. We cannot express how grateful we are to you all.

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“Cuxton is a very rural area and we will only find him with help from the public. Please could we ask you all to check your dashcams, ring doorbells and CCTV for any footage of him. Please also check any outbuildings and sheds or areas where he may have taken shelter.

“If you receive this message, please come home. Everyone is missing you and we love you dearly. You are not in any trouble. Love you lots.”

He is described as being approximately 5ft 11ins with brown hair. He wears braces on his teeth and has a scar on the right side of the back of his head that is described as being similar in shape to a question mark.

He is believed to have been wearing brown tracksuit bottoms, a grey zipped hooded top, a white shirt with a light brown/blue chequered pattern, black socks and black material trainers.

Garry Cook, Kent Police’s Chief Inspector for Medway, said: "Today marks one week since his was reported missing and sadly, despite an extensive search and wider investigation, we have so far been unable to find him. Regardless of the time that has passed we are hopeful of reuniting him with his family, and we have a large number of dedicated search officers and partner agencies committed to finding him.

"Searches have focused on the nearby rural and wooded areas which are popular with dog walkers and horse riders and we ask anyone who uses the area to keep an eye out for anything that may help in our search. I’d like to once again urge residents with private CCTV and drivers with dashcam to check for footage which may show him after 1pm on Saturday, November 9."

Anyone with information is urged to call Kent Police immediately on 999, quoting the reference 09-1043.

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