Urgent appeal to find Katie, 15, missing from home in York

Police are urgently appealing for the public’s help to find a missing 15-year-old girl from York.

Katie, 15, was reported missing from home by her concerned family on Friday evening (30 June).

It is believed Katie has travelled to the Huddersfield area of West Yorkshire by train and is likely to be with a teenage boy.

British Transport Police and West Yorkshire Police are supporting the missing person investigation, with extensive enquires also continuing in the York area.

Anyone who has seen Katie or a girl matching her description, please report it immediately.

She is described as

• white
• 5ft 4in tall
• of slim build
• with shoulder length blonde hair
• a tanned complexion
• and she has a nose piercing.

Katie was last seen wearing a red Zanetti coat, black leggings, and black and orange trainers.

If you can help the missing person investigation, please call North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 4, and speak to the Force Control Room.

For immediate sightings, please dial 999 so we can ensure Katie is safe.

Please quote reference number 12230121357.