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| Police appeal for help to find three missing foster boys | Police appeal for help to find three missing foster boys |
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| Police have appealed for help in tracing three boys in foster care in Sunderland, who have been missing since Monday evening. | Police have appealed for help in tracing three boys in foster care in Sunderland, who have been missing since Monday evening. |
| Remus, 15, Janko, 12, and 10-year-old David Matlock left their foster home in the The Oaks at 5.20pm on Monday to go for a bike ride to Mowbray Park but failed to return by 8pm as expected. | Remus, 15, Janko, 12, and 10-year-old David Matlock left their foster home in the The Oaks at 5.20pm on Monday to go for a bike ride to Mowbray Park but failed to return by 8pm as expected. |
| They were seen on CCTV catching a Metro train from Sunderland to Newcastle and were last seen emerging from Central station at around 6pm on Monday. | |
| The boys, who are of Polish extraction, have been living with foster carers in Sunderland for 18 months and Supt Alan Veitch of Northumbria police said the brothers were settled, doing well at school and in no trouble at all. | |
| Speaking at a news conference in Sunderland, he said: "We are quite worried about them. We think they have some money, but limited funds they need to look after themselves." | |
| Veitch said the children's natural parents, who were Romany-Polish, had not been contacted. Their children were taken into care and the mother was believed to be back in Poland and the father thought to be in Romania. They had lived in the UK for around 15 years. | |
| The boys, who have four sisters who are also in care, used to live in Blyth, Northumberland, and police were making inquiries there. | |
| They also have family links to Birmingham, so colleagues from West Midlands Police were assisting. | |
| The brothers did not take their bikes on to the Metro system and they were also missing. | |
| CCTV last caught them around 200 yards from the station in Newcastle, close to the Centre for Life science site. | |
| "That's where the trail has gone cold," Veitch said. "They might have arranged to meet someone, jumped in a car, taxi or bus or come back into the station and caught another train. | |
| "This is very out-of-character behaviour, it's not something they have done before. | |
| "My message is: 'Please get in touch with the police and let us know that you are safe.'" | |
| Remus is 1.68 metres (5ft 7in) tall, of slim build, with dark hair in a big quiff at the front and shaved at the back. He was last seen wearing jogging bottoms, a baseball cap and T-shirt and a black cycling helmet. | Remus is 1.68 metres (5ft 7in) tall, of slim build, with dark hair in a big quiff at the front and shaved at the back. He was last seen wearing jogging bottoms, a baseball cap and T-shirt and a black cycling helmet. |
| Janko is 1.42 metres (4ft 8in) tall and said to be of medium build with fairer hair styled in a quiff and short at the back. He was last seen wearing smart mustard-coloured chinos, Converse-type trainers, a blue lightweight waterproof jacket with a white zip and a silver cycling helmet. | |
| David is also 1.42 metres tall and of chubby build, with shaggy dark brown hair. He is thought to have possibly been wearing shorts, a top and a silver cycling helmet. | David is also 1.42 metres tall and of chubby build, with shaggy dark brown hair. He is thought to have possibly been wearing shorts, a top and a silver cycling helmet. |