Police make plea to football fans to help in search for missing girl

Police make plea to football fans to help in search for missing Leah Croucher more than a week after 19-year-old vanished on her way to work

• Leah Croucher was last seen on CCTV in Milton Keynes area on February 15 
• Yesterday her picture was shown at MK Dons match against Newport County
• Search also underway in Knowlhill, near the Emerson Valley area of the town
• Thames Valley Police insisted it was ‘very much still a missing persons case’ 

Police made a desperate plea to football fans yesterday to help in the search for missing teenager Leah Croucher, more than a week after she vanished on her way to work.

It came as dozens of police – including divers – and volunteers continued to hunt for the 19-year-old in fields and parkland in Knowlhill, near her home in the Emerson Valley area of Milton Keynes. 

Leah’s picture was shown on a big screen to thousands of fans ahead of the MK Dons match against Newport County. 

Leah Croucher’s family have urged the missing teenager to get in contact. Her picture was shown on a big screen to thousands of fans ahead of the MK Dons match against Newport County

Dozens of police – including divers – and volunteers continue to hunt for the 19-year-old in fields and parkland in Knowlhill, near her home in the Emerson Valley area of Milton Keynes

Police marine units search for missing teenager Miss Croucher in Milton Keynes on Friday

A diver is seen in a lake as the Thames Valley Police search for Miss Croucher continues on Friday

Supporters were handed flyers asking them to call police if they had seen the teenager, who has not been spotted since she was captured on CCTV walking to work on the morning of February 15.

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Thames Valley Police insisted it was ‘very much still a missing persons case’ despite Leah, an avid social media user, not being online since the day she vanished. Her bank cards have not been used either.

Friends revealed that Leah was an expert in martial arts and had competed at national and international levels. Hannah Niles, 20, said: ‘If something terrible did happen to her, she would have tried her best to fight off an attacker.’

Thames Valley Police issued these two CCTV images of Miss Croucher last Friday

Miss Croucher’s parents John and Claire Croucher held an emotional press conference on Friday

Leah, a former media studies student at Milton Keynes College, had recently started work in an administration role for a financial firm in the town.

Police said officers had knocked on at least 4,000 doors in the hunt for clues, and the force helicopter, tracker dogs and members of its marine unit were all involved in the search.

Leah was last seen wearing a black coat, skinny jeans and Converse high-top shoes, and was carrying a small black rucksack.

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