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Police searching for a missing 13-year-old girl have found a body. Police searching for 13-year-old Amber Peat who has been missing since Saturday from her home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, said on Tuesday night that they had 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. Shortly afterwards Nottinghamshire police said they were not treating the death as suspicious.
A police spokesman said: “Amber’s family has been informed and we ask that the media respect their privacy at this difficult time. The discovery was made hours after the parents of Amber Peat made an emotional public appeal for the safe return of their daughter, describing her disappearance as completely out of character
“Officers are at the scene in Mansfield and inquiries are ongoing. No formal identification has yet taken place.” A police spokesperson said: “Amber’s family has been informed and we ask that the media respect their privacy at this difficult time.
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. “Officers are at the scene in Mansfield and inquiries are ongoing. No formal identification has yet taken place. The death is not being treated 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. Police thanked all who had helped in the search, particularly the Mansfield community.
Kelly and Danny Peat said she walked out after refusing to clean a cool box used to store food on a recent holiday. Earlier in the day, the teenager’s mother, Kelly, and stepfather, Danny, appeared at a press conference where they described Amber as a “girly girl” who loved nothing better than reading. They said they had just got back from a “brilliant” holiday and her disappearance was completely out of character.
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.” Fighting back tears, Kelly Peat said: “If you’re watching this, or anyone knows where she is, just send her home please.”
Supt Matt McFarlane, of Nottinghamshire police, explained that there had been “nothing like this before” with Amber. Also in tears, Danny Peat said: “She doesn’t really go out, she wants to read a book. If she gets five minutes she sits down and reads a book. She’s got no access to the internet or anything like that.”
“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 a direct appeal to Amber, he said: “Just come home, just let us know that you’re safe.”
Officers focused their search within a 1km radius of the family home. The Peats had returned from a holiday in Cornwall on Friday. The couple said she walked out after refusing to clean a cool box used to store food on a recent holiday in Cornwall
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.” Danny Peat added: “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 also thanked the local community for helping with the search, describing it as “overwhelming”.
Ms Peat said Amber was not in contact with her natural father, who lives in Scotland. “The amount of people who are out there now while we’re in here, searching, every night … We want to thank them and ask for any more help until she comes home.”
Mr Peat praised the efforts of local people in trying to find Amber. Please RT and help #FindAmber | Amber Peat missing from her Mansfield home since Saturday http://t.co/2gkSFLdbAX pic.twitter.com/ywkxmTAN3D
An extensive police search, aided by friends and family, had found nothing and officers said they were seriously concerned about Amber’s wellbeing. They released a new photo of the teenager in the hope it would help with the search.