Missing teenager’s phone was snatched before she vanished in London
A teenager’s phone was snatched before she went missing in London nearly a month ago, her ‘incredibly worried’ dad has revealed.
Lilyanne Hook, 19, rang her parents from an unknown number on November 11 to let them know her phone had been stolen near Peckham, south east London.
But she has not been heard from properly since, with her father Mark Hook desperately appealing for any information on her whereabouts.
He told Metro: ‘She’s a very outgoing and independent young lady, but the longest we have ever gone without speaking to her before was two days.
‘We can’t think why she would not want any contact, but we just want to know she is okay.
‘She rang us from an unknown number to let us know her phone had been snatched, and we’ve been worried ever since.’
Lilyanne was last seen on November 10 leaving her flat in Lewisham just after 10pm before her phone was snatched the following day.
She then briefly rang her mum on November 15 to let her know she was in Peckham, but the call came to an abrupt end and there has been no contact since.
Mark, who lives in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, said Lilyanne has her mum’s mobile number memorised and would always call her from friend’s phones to let her know she was okay when she did not have her own.
She had moved to London on her own to experience living in the city with her friends after studying at Birmingham University for a year.
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Mark said: ‘Her mum, sister and I are all missing her. It’s her birthday on December 21 and we have always spent the day together.
‘The last conversation I had with her she told me her phone had been stolen, and we are all incredibly worried.
‘The police are doing all they can and checking CCTV footage but we still can’t find my daughter.’
The Metropolitan Police appealed on social media: ‘Can you help us find 19-year-old Lilyanne who is missing from Lewisham?
‘She is about 5 ft 1, of slim build, with long brown wavy hair and a nose piercing on both sides.’
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