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Police are becoming “increasingly concerned” about a 43-year-old woman who has gone missing with her two children. Police have said they are becoming increasingly concerned about a former EastEnders actor who has gone missing with her two children.
Sian Blake, 43, went missing from Erith, south-east London, with her children Zachary, eight, and Amon, four. Sian Blake, 43, who played Frankie Pierre in the soap in the mid-90s, disappeared last month from Erith, south-east London, with her children Zachary, eight, and Amon, four. She was last seen on 13 Decemberaround Waltham Forest, east London, and is believed to still be in the capital.
She was last seen on Sunday 13 December around Waltham Forest in east London. Police believe she is still in the London area. The Metropolitan police appealed to the public for help in finding her. A spokeswoman said: “We are increasingly concerned about her and her children’s wellbeing. We have exhausted all other lines of inquiry.”
The Metropolitan police appealed to the public for help in finding her. A Met spokeswoman said: “We are increasingly concerned about her and her children’s wellbeing. We have exhausted all other lines of enquiry.” Blake is 1.57 metres (5ft 2in) tall, of slim build with short black hair. She wears glasses or contact lenses.
She is described by police as a black woman, 5ft 2in (1.57 metres) tall, of slim build with short black hair. She wears glasses or contact lenses. The former actor, who went by the stage name of Syan Blake, is best known for her role as the homewrecker Pierre in EastEnders, whom she played from June 1996 to March 1997. She also made appearances in shows including Casualty, Doctors and Skins, before working as a sign language teacher and interpreter.
Blake – under her stage name of Syan Blake – is an actor. Her best known role was as Frankie Pierre in EastEnders, whom she played from June 1996 to March 1997. Blake is reported to have been battling motor neurone disease. One of her neighbours, Sandra Metzgen, told the Sun: “Sian has motor neurone disease and I think it has got worse. A few Sundays ago she came down the steps to her house and said she wasn’t too good. An ambulance has been called out a couple of times too.
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or Missing People on 116000, quoting reference 15MIS050346. “When I last saw her she said the doctors didn’t think she was going to get better and it sounded like she didn’t have very long left. No one knows where she is. She was looking very thin and frail and I think her mum was worried about that.
“She was in hospital for quite a while and whether her condition has progressed I don’t know. But if it had got worse and she has gone into care surely she’d say? A neighbour tried ringing her mobile, but it’s disconnected.”
Blake’s mother, Lindell, said: “She had been ill. She’d been in hospital.”
Anyone with information on Blake’s whereabouts is urged to call police on 101 or Missing People on 116000, quoting reference 15MIS050346.