‘Extremely concerned’: Police believe missing girl, 17, is living in Doncaster woodland with wanted man, 39
UPDATE: Rachel was found in South Yorkshire on Sunday evening (Jul 26).
A teenage girl who has been missing for three days is thought to be living in woods near Doncaster with a man now wanted by police.
Rachel, 17, disappeared from Lowestoft, in Suffolk, on 23 July. Detectives are now hunting for Craig Clarkson, 39, who is wanted in connection with her disappearance.
South Yorkshire Police believe the pair are in Brodsworth Woodland, near Long Lands Lane, outside Doncaster, are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled.
If anyone sees Clarkson and Rachel, or something that suggests they may have been in the area recently, please report it straight away, the force said.
SYP Det Insp Adam Watkinson said: “I want to start by making it very clear that Rachel is not in any sort of trouble with the police.
“We have become extremely concerned for her welfare and are working as hard as possible to find her and check that she is safe.
“Our enquiries have led us to suspect that Craig Clarkson has been travelling with Rachel since her disappearance from Suffolk and we are now treating him as a wanted person in connection with this investigation.
“If anyone sees him, please call 999 immediately. It is essential that we speak to Clarkson and make sure Rachel is safe as soon as possible.”
SYP have scrambled specialist search teams, uniformed officers and detectives to try and find the missing 17-year-old.
She was reported missing from Lowestoft on 23 July and is believed to have travelled to Doncaster.
They were last seen outside the Rose store in the Carcroft area of the city on the morning of 23 July.
The force today released fresh CCTV images of the pair from outside the shop.
Rachel is described as a slim white woman with light coloured hair. She has a distinctive tattoo on her right hand and appears to be wearing a gray hoodie.
Clarkson is described as a slim white man and is also known to frequent the Clay Ponds area of Askern.
In the images he is carrying a large rucksack and has two dogs with him.
If you have information which could help the investigation, SYP urgently want to hear from you. Please call 101 or report online here quoting incident number 1350 of 24 July.