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| Amber Peat police find body in Mansfield | Amber Peat police find body in Mansfield |
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| Police searching for a missing 13-year-old girl have found a body. | Police searching for a missing 13-year-old girl have found a body. |
| Amber Peat had not been seen since she left the family home in Bosworth Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, at about 5.30pm on Saturday after a row with her family. | Amber Peat had not been seen since she left the family home in Bosworth Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, at about 5.30pm on Saturday after a row with her family. |
| A police spokesman said: “Amber’s family has been informed and we ask that the media respect their privacy at this difficult time. | A police spokesman said: “Amber’s family has been informed and we ask that the media respect their privacy at this difficult time. |
| “Officers are at the scene in Mansfield and inquiries are ongoing. No formal identification has yet taken place.” | “Officers are at the scene in Mansfield and inquiries are ongoing. No formal identification has yet taken place.” |
| Police thanked all who had helped in the search, particularly the Mansfield community and also said that they were not treating the death of the girl as suspicious. | |
| Earlier, Amber’s parents issued an emotional plea for her to return. Her mother and stepfather broke down in tears as they spoke at a police conference, saying her disappearance was out of character. | Earlier, Amber’s parents issued an emotional plea for her to return. Her mother and stepfather broke down in tears as they spoke at a police conference, saying her disappearance was out of character. |
| Kelly and Danny Peat said she walked out after refusing to clean a cool box used to store food on a recent holiday. | Kelly and Danny Peat said she walked out after refusing to clean a cool box used to store food on a recent holiday. |
| Ms Peat said: “If you’re watching this or anybody knows where she is, just send her home please.” Mr Peat added: “Just come home. We just want you home.” | Ms Peat said: “If you’re watching this or anybody knows where she is, just send her home please.” Mr Peat added: “Just come home. We just want you home.” |
| Supt Matt McFarlane, of Nottinghamshire police, explained that there had been “nothing like this before” with Amber. | Supt Matt McFarlane, of Nottinghamshire police, explained that there had been “nothing like this before” with Amber. |
| “In the past, she’s a young girl, she’s been out of the house perhaps for a few hours but never anything like this. This is totally out of character,” he said. “We are seriously concerned about her whereabouts. | “In the past, she’s a young girl, she’s been out of the house perhaps for a few hours but never anything like this. This is totally out of character,” he said. “We are seriously concerned about her whereabouts. |
| Officers focused their search within a 1km radius of the family home. The Peats had returned from a holiday in Cornwall on Friday. | Officers focused their search within a 1km radius of the family home. The Peats had returned from a holiday in Cornwall on Friday. |
| Mr Peat said: “We had just all had a brilliant holiday. It’s just not right. She had a fantastic time, never stopped laughing with all of us together.” | Mr Peat said: “We had just all had a brilliant holiday. It’s just not right. She had a fantastic time, never stopped laughing with all of us together.” |
| He added: “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.” | He added: “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 Amber was not in contact with her natural father, who lives in Scotland. | Ms Peat said Amber was not in contact with her natural father, who lives in Scotland. |
| Mr Peat praised the efforts of local people in trying to find Amber. | Mr Peat praised the efforts of local people in trying to find Amber. |