Missing girl, 13, last seen at her grandmother’s could be in North London

Police believe that a missing 13-year-old girl who was last seen at her grandmothers could possibly be in North London as they launch an urgent appeal.

Nellie Smith has gone missing from Horsham, West Sussex and police are asking for the public’s help to locate her.

Officers say they are becoming “increasingly concerned” for the young girls welfare after she was last seen on Thursday (January 20) at 7.00pm.

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Police believe that there is a strong possibility that the 13-year-old is in the Edgware area in Barnet after maybe travelling there to visit her mum.

She has long, mousy brown hair and was wearing a white jacket

Sussex police shared information regarding Nellie’s disappearance on social media asking on Sunday (January 23) shortly before 10pm people in the Edgware area to retweet the missing appeal post

In a Tweet Sussex Police wrote: “We are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of missing Nellie Smith, 13, from West Sussex.

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“There is a very strong possibility Nellie is currently in the #Edgware area.

“Please could we ask anyone in that area to retweet this post to help safely locate Nellie.”

So far the Tweet has been shared over 700 times with members of the public keen to help find the youngster.

It is the second appeal that Sussex Police have made to find Nellie after an initial appeal at 5.30pm on Sunday.

Police wrote: “13 year old, Nellie Smith, from Horsham remains missing.

“Nellie was last seen at her grandmother’s on Thursday (20 Jan) at 7pm but may have travelled to London to visit her mum.

“She has long, mousy brown hair and was wearing a white jacket. Do get in touch if you’ve seen her.”

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