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| The friends of missing teenager Megan Stammers may know where she planned to go, detectives believe. | The friends of missing teenager Megan Stammers may know where she planned to go, detectives believe. |
| Megan, 15, from Eastbourne, East Sussex was reported missing on Friday after she failed to turn up for school. | Megan, 15, from Eastbourne, East Sussex was reported missing on Friday after she failed to turn up for school. |
| She travelled to France with Jeremy Forrest, 30, her maths teacher at the Bishop Bell C of E School. | She travelled to France with Jeremy Forrest, 30, her maths teacher at the Bishop Bell C of E School. |
| Ch Insp Jason Tingley told BBC Radio 4's Today that her friends might have been aware of Mr Forrest's and Megan's disappearance being planned. | |
| He said children, pupils or friends "may be aware of where they were likely to go to so I would also ask them to come forward, and don't be scared, and don't feel you're in trouble if you've not disclosed any of that information so far". | He said children, pupils or friends "may be aware of where they were likely to go to so I would also ask them to come forward, and don't be scared, and don't feel you're in trouble if you've not disclosed any of that information so far". |
| He added: "We do know that she [Megan] has spoken about perhaps going somewhere but we just need to get really into the specific detail of that." | He added: "We do know that she [Megan] has spoken about perhaps going somewhere but we just need to get really into the specific detail of that." |
| Speaking previously, Mr Tingley disclosed that it appeared one of Megan's friends had received a message saying she had arrived in France. | Speaking previously, Mr Tingley disclosed that it appeared one of Megan's friends had received a message saying she had arrived in France. |
| "I can't give a specific time or date but we know there was a message passed to one of her good friends to say she had arrived safely in France. | "I can't give a specific time or date but we know there was a message passed to one of her good friends to say she had arrived safely in France. |
| "I can't say that message was from her but we believe it was. | |
| "That gives us some comfort that she has arrived safely and she is in France. That's our last contact." | |
| The message was not sent from Megan's phone, police said. | |
| The school said concerns about Mr Forrest's and Megan's relationship had been raised before their disappearance. | |
| Appealing to her daughter at a news conference on Monday, Megan's mother Danielle Wilson said: "Sweetheart, I don't care what you've done or why, I just want you home." | Appealing to her daughter at a news conference on Monday, Megan's mother Danielle Wilson said: "Sweetheart, I don't care what you've done or why, I just want you home." |
| Ms Wilson has revealed that Megan had been receiving extra-curricular maths lessons since before the summer, but the family did not suspect there was any relationship between her Mr Forrest, a married amateur musician from Ringmer, near Lewes. | |
| Megan's stepfather Martin Stammers said he was "aware" of Mr Forrest but did not go into further detail. | Megan's stepfather Martin Stammers said he was "aware" of Mr Forrest but did not go into further detail. |
| Police said Megan and Mr Forrest boarded a ferry from Dover to Calais on Thursday evening. |