Police 'concerned' for missing girl, 15, last seen getting into van

Police say they are "increasingly concerned" about the welfare of a 15-year-old girl who has gone missing and was last seen getting into a van.

Staffordshire Police has issued an appeal to find schoolgirl Caitlin Imber for the second time this month.

A previous missing persons appeal led to her being found safe and well last week, but police said on Monday she had disappeared again.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Police said Caitlin, from Kidsgrove, had been walking in Willfield Lane in the village of Brown Edge, Staffordshire, on Sunday before getting into a Ford Transit van.

Police described her as white, about 5ft 4in tall, of slim build and with long straight black hair.

She was wearing a black bomber jacket, leggings and shoes when she was last seen. The force said she usually wears a bracelet on her right wrist.

Newcastle-under-Lyme Police said: "We are becoming increasingly concerned for missing Caitlin Imber, 15, from Kidsgrove.

"She was last seen travelling on foot on Willfield Lane, Brown Edge, on Sunday – where she is believed to have entered a white Ford Transit as a passenger.

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"Caitlin is described as white, roughly 5ft 4in tall, of a slim build, with long straight black hair.

"She was last seen wearing a black bomber jacket, leggings and shoes. She usually wears a bracelet on her right wrist."

Last Friday, Newcastle Borough Police in Staffordshire tweeted to thank the public for its help in a previous appeal to locate Caitlin.

It said: "Thank you sharing our previous appeal for missing Caitlin Imber. She has now been found safe and well."

A Staffordshire Police spokesman told Yahoo News UK that on Monday it had launched a "fresh appeal".

Anyone with information should contact Newcastle-under-Lyme Police on Facebook, Twitter, or call 101, quoting incident 700 of 20 March.