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| The girlfriend of a 21-year-old man who vanished more than a week ago has made a tearful plea for him to return. | The girlfriend of a 21-year-old man who vanished more than a week ago has made a tearful plea for him to return. |
| Jonathan Jenkins disappeared during a night out in Swansea with family and friends on Sunday, 2 December, when he went outside a pub to have a cigarette. | |
| Shona Jones, mother of his seven-month-old daughter Bailey-Rae, said they both desperately want him back at their city home for Christmas. | |
| She said: "It's as though something has been ripped out of me." | |
| Mr Jenkins, a call-centre worker and keen footballer, was out in Wind Street in Swansea celebrating his sister's 29th birthday when he vanished. | Mr Jenkins, a call-centre worker and keen footballer, was out in Wind Street in Swansea celebrating his sister's 29th birthday when he vanished. |
| At about 2145 GMT he told friends and family he was going outside for a cigarette and nobody has seen him since. | At about 2145 GMT he told friends and family he was going outside for a cigarette and nobody has seen him since. |
| We just both want him back Shona Jones | We just both want him back Shona Jones |
| The last sighting was on CCTV as he walked down the street. | The last sighting was on CCTV as he walked down the street. |
| Miss Jones said their young daughter Bailey-Rae desperately missed her father. | Miss Jones said their young daughter Bailey-Rae desperately missed her father. |
| "She is not herself, she is not eating, she is not sleeping and she is crying 'dada' all the time." | "She is not herself, she is not eating, she is not sleeping and she is crying 'dada' all the time." |
| The couple had only just moved into their new family home together. | The couple had only just moved into their new family home together. |
| "We just both want him back. It's as though something has been ripped out of me, that's what it feels like," added Miss Jones. | "We just both want him back. It's as though something has been ripped out of me, that's what it feels like," added Miss Jones. |
| South Wales Police said they were baffled by Mr Jenkins's disappearance and are urging anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact them. | South Wales Police said they were baffled by Mr Jenkins's disappearance and are urging anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact them. |
| Meanwhile, police and coastguards in Carmarthenshire are searching for a patient after she went missing from West Wales General Hospital. | Meanwhile, police and coastguards in Carmarthenshire are searching for a patient after she went missing from West Wales General Hospital. |
| Staff raised the alarm when the 29-year-old was seen walking out of the building in Carmarthen at about 2200 GMT on Monday. | Staff raised the alarm when the 29-year-old was seen walking out of the building in Carmarthen at about 2200 GMT on Monday. |
| Coastguards said they were assisting police by conducting a search of the River Towy in Carmarthenshire. | Coastguards said they were assisting police by conducting a search of the River Towy in Carmarthenshire. |
| A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police said the search was being stepped up on Tuesday morning. | A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police said the search was being stepped up on Tuesday morning. |