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| Missing Nida Naseer's family told of body found in Newport | Missing Nida Naseer's family told of body found in Newport |
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| The family of missing Newport teenager Nida Naseer have been told that police have found a body. | |
| Nida, 19, went missing two-and-a-half months ago after putting the bins out at her home. | Nida, 19, went missing two-and-a-half months ago after putting the bins out at her home. |
| Gwent Police said they were called to Newport Wetlands at West Nash Road on Thursday morning where a body had been discovered. | Gwent Police said they were called to Newport Wetlands at West Nash Road on Thursday morning where a body had been discovered. |
| The body has yet to be identified and the death is being treated as unexplained. | The body has yet to be identified and the death is being treated as unexplained. |
| Police said a post-mortem examination was to take place. | Police said a post-mortem examination was to take place. |
| The teenager disappeared from her home in Pill at about 20:00 GMT on 28 December. | The teenager disappeared from her home in Pill at about 20:00 GMT on 28 December. |
| Possible sightings | |
| She was not wearing shoes and did not have her phone, money or coat with her. | She was not wearing shoes and did not have her phone, money or coat with her. |
| West Nash Road, where a body has been found, is about four miles (6.5km) by road from Linton Street, where Nida was last seen. | |
| Police have received more than 50 calls reporting possible sightings across the UK but none had amounted to anything. | Police have received more than 50 calls reporting possible sightings across the UK but none had amounted to anything. |
| Officers said they had investigated hundreds of lines of inquiry and taken more than 100 statements. | Officers said they had investigated hundreds of lines of inquiry and taken more than 100 statements. |
| Four Urdu and Punjabi language specialists from Greater Manchester, Thames Valley and Metropolitan police forces have also helped with the investigation. | |
| Nida's family have made several public appeals for her to return home. | Nida's family have made several public appeals for her to return home. |
| They say she was depressed before she went missing and believe she disappeared because the family's asylum-seeker status prevented her from attending university. | They say she was depressed before she went missing and believe she disappeared because the family's asylum-seeker status prevented her from attending university. |
| They had sought asylum after coming to the UK from Pakistan five years ago but their application was turned down a year ago. They have appealed. | They had sought asylum after coming to the UK from Pakistan five years ago but their application was turned down a year ago. They have appealed. |