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Missing Amber Peat: Body found in Mansfield | Missing Amber Peat: Body found in Mansfield |
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A body has been found by police searching for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly three days. | A body has been found by police searching for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly three days. |
Amber Peat was last seen at home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire at 17:30 BST on Saturday. | |
The body was found in the town. Formal identification has yet to take place but police said they were not treating the death as suspicious. | |
Earlier, Amber's mother and stepfather said her disappearance was "completely out of character". | |
Kelly and Danny Peat, who had just returned from holiday with Amber, confirmed she had left her home in Bosworth Street without her mobile phone or any money. | |
They had issued an emotional plea for her to return, breaking down in tears as they spoke at a police press conference. | |
Mr Peat said: "We had just all had a brilliant holiday. It's just not right. | |
"We told her to clean a cool box out that we had had sandwiches in for the journey home. | |
"It was a chore, basically, and I'm sure all teenagers are the same, she didn't want to do a chore. That was the last conversation." | |
Ms Peat said: "We were in the living room and I heard the front door slam." | |
"I heard the door and when I went out I couldn't see her anywhere. She had just gone." | |
Up to 300 people were involved in searches on Monday and Tuesday, with posters being placed in many houses and shops. | Up to 300 people were involved in searches on Monday and Tuesday, with posters being placed in many houses and shops. |
Supt Matthew McFarlane, of Nottinghamshire Police, said earlier she had been "out of the house perhaps for a few hours" prior to going missing. | Supt Matthew McFarlane, of Nottinghamshire Police, said earlier she had been "out of the house perhaps for a few hours" prior to going missing. |