Serren Bennet was last seen on Sunday, June 8, with the 18-year-old’s disappearance described as ‘out of character’
Serren Bennet
Clothes belonging to a missing teenager have been found on a North East beach. Serren Bennet was last seen on Sunday, June 8, with the 18-year-old’s disappearance being described as ‘out of character’. Teesside Live reports that Serren’s clothing has since been found on Redcar Beach.
Serren headed towards the Church Lane area of Guisborough around 7pm on Sunday, June 8 and was then seen on CCTV walking towards Redcar beach alone around 9pm. She is believed to have stayed in the vicinity of the beach. Clothing recovered from the beach has been confirmed to be Serren’s by her family members, Cleveland Police has said. Serren’s family is currently being supported by specially trained officers as enquiries continue.
Specialist officers had previously been drafted to comb areas where Serren is known to frequent. Cleveland Police has now confirmed that officers are concentrating their enquiries around Redcar beach.
Superintendent Emily Harrison said: “From CCTV, we can see that Serren headed towards the beach alone on the evening of Sunday, June 8. Clothing has been recovered from the beach which has been confirmed by family as belonging to Serren.
“We have no other missing people reported to us in this area. We have specialist officers supporting Serren’s family and providing them with updates on police activity during this extremely difficult time.“Our enquiries are now centred around the beach as we continue to do everything possible to locate Serren as quickly as we can.” Serren is described as 5ft 6ins tall with brown hair and brown eyes and she was wearing a black coat with fur on the hood, a black skirt, black tights and black shoes. Anyone who may have seen Serren at the beach, on the stretch between Majuba car park and South Gare, on the evening of Sunday June 8 is asked to contact Cleveland Police on 101 quoting ref 105161 as a matter of urgency.
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