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| Georgia Williams disappearance 'out of character' | Georgia Williams disappearance 'out of character' |
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| Police trying to trace a 17-year-old girl missing from her home in Shropshire since Sunday say they feel she "may have come to harm". | Police trying to trace a 17-year-old girl missing from her home in Shropshire since Sunday say they feel she "may have come to harm". |
| Georgia Williams, from Wellington, is believed to be in Glasgow where a 22-year-old man was arrested earlier on suspicion of kidnap. Her disappearance is said to be "out of character". | |
| She is the daughter of a West Mercia Police detective constable. | |
| Officers in Scotland have been searching two addresses in Glasgow. | Officers in Scotland have been searching two addresses in Glasgow. |
| West Mercia Police and Police Scotland said they were holding a joint operation at an address in Dunblane Street, in the Cowcaddens area, and at the Premier Inn, West Nile Street, in the city centre. | West Mercia Police and Police Scotland said they were holding a joint operation at an address in Dunblane Street, in the Cowcaddens area, and at the Premier Inn, West Nile Street, in the city centre. |
| A property in Avondale Road, Wellington, has also been searched for a second day by forensics officers. | |
| The man, also from Wellington, was arrested at the hotel and is being questioned in Glasgow. | The man, also from Wellington, was arrested at the hotel and is being questioned in Glasgow. |
| Investigating a tweet | Investigating a tweet |
| Supt Nav Malik, of the West Mercia force, made clear the man was not Georgia's boyfriend and they were just "friends on social media". | |
| He said police were investigating a tweet supposedly sent by Georgia, a former head girl and pupil at Ercall Wood Technology College, in the days before she went missing in which she referred to feeling anxious and unable to sleep. | |
| Mr Malik added police were talking to her two sisters about the tweet's significance. | |
| He also confirmed Georgia's father is a detective constable for the force, based in Telford. | |
| Her parents believed she had been expecting to stay overnight with some friends but she never returned. They reported her missing on Tuesday, Mr Malik said. | Her parents believed she had been expecting to stay overnight with some friends but she never returned. They reported her missing on Tuesday, Mr Malik said. |
| "We do feel she might've come to harm, given the unique and very unusual circumstances," he said. | "We do feel she might've come to harm, given the unique and very unusual circumstances," he said. |
| Missed concert | Missed concert |
| Making a direct appeal to Georgia, who has never gone missing before, he said she was not in trouble and urged her to contact police or her parents. | Making a direct appeal to Georgia, who has never gone missing before, he said she was not in trouble and urged her to contact police or her parents. |
| "We are extremely concerned and want to make sure you are safe and well," he said. | "We are extremely concerned and want to make sure you are safe and well," he said. |
| She missed her first driving lesson a few days ago and had also been due to go to a concert nearby with her boyfriend but missed that too. | She missed her first driving lesson a few days ago and had also been due to go to a concert nearby with her boyfriend but missed that too. |
| Mr Malik said officers believed that Georgia, who currently attends New College in King Street, Wellington, may have been travelling with a man since she left her home on Sunday. | Mr Malik said officers believed that Georgia, who currently attends New College in King Street, Wellington, may have been travelling with a man since she left her home on Sunday. |
| He appealed to anyone with information about the movements of a silver Toyota Hiace 300 GS van, registration number CX06 ASV, which had travelled from Wellington to Oswestry, Shropshire, before going to Rhyl, Chester, Cumbria and then on to Glasgow. | He appealed to anyone with information about the movements of a silver Toyota Hiace 300 GS van, registration number CX06 ASV, which had travelled from Wellington to Oswestry, Shropshire, before going to Rhyl, Chester, Cumbria and then on to Glasgow. |
| He also confirmed the van was in the process of being forensically examined. |