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| Missing Amber Peat: Body found in Mansfield | Missing Amber Peat: Body found in Mansfield |
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| A body has been found by police searching for a 13-year-old girl who had been missing for nearly three days. | |
| Amber Peat was last seen at home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire on Saturday. | |
| Formal identification has yet to take place but police said they were not treating the death as suspicious. | Formal identification has yet to take place but police said they were not treating the death as suspicious. |
| The body was found on Tuesday evening near a path close to houses in Westfield Lane about a mile from Amber's home. Her family have been informed and have asked for privacy. | |
| Police thanked all who had helped in the search, particularly the Mansfield community. | Police thanked all who had helped in the search, particularly the Mansfield community. |
| Some residents expressed surprise the discovery of the body, between two busy roads, had not been made earlier. | |
| Yolanda Cassidy, who lives next to the site, said: "It is a very public area. I wondered if she had climbed over gates (into a nearby property) but they have dogs so I can't imagine she would be in there. | |
| "I went shopping on Monday and walked across there. People are back and forth, it's a nearly a main road, people go up and down, I can't believe she's been there since Saturday." | |
| A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out later. | |
| On Tuesday morning, Amber's mother and stepfather said her disappearance was "completely out of character". | |
| Kelly and Danny Peat, who had just returned from holiday with Amber, confirmed she had left her home in Bosworth Street without her mobile phone or any money. | Kelly and Danny Peat, who had just returned from holiday with Amber, confirmed she had left her home in Bosworth Street without her mobile phone or any money. |
| They had issued an emotional plea for her to return, breaking down in tears as they spoke at a police press conference. | They had issued an emotional plea for her to return, breaking down in tears as they spoke at a police press conference. |
| Mr Peat said: "We had just all had a brilliant holiday. It's just not right. | Mr Peat said: "We had just all had a brilliant holiday. It's just not right. |
| "We told her to clean a cool box out that we had had sandwiches in for the journey home. | "We told her to clean a cool box out that we had had sandwiches in for the journey home. |
| "It was a chore, basically, and I'm sure all teenagers are the same, she didn't want to do a chore. That was the last conversation." | "It was a chore, basically, and I'm sure all teenagers are the same, she didn't want to do a chore. That was the last conversation." |
| Ms Peat said: "We were in the living room and I heard the front door slam." | Ms Peat said: "We were in the living room and I heard the front door slam." |
| "I heard the door and when I went out I couldn't see her anywhere. She had just gone." | "I heard the door and when I went out I couldn't see her anywhere. She had just gone." |
| Up to 300 people were involved in searches on Monday and Tuesday, with posters being placed in many houses and shops. | Up to 300 people were involved in searches on Monday and Tuesday, with posters being placed in many houses and shops. |
| Supt Matthew McFarlane, of Nottinghamshire Police, said she had been "out of the house perhaps for a few hours" prior to going missing. | Supt Matthew McFarlane, of Nottinghamshire Police, said she had been "out of the house perhaps for a few hours" prior to going missing. |