{"id":149799,"date":"2025-06-01T15:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T15:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/149799\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T15:46:08","slug":"plea-to-find-gillingham-woman-portia-vincent-kirby-missing-from-her-home-in-north-finchley-london-for-over-three-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/149799\/","title":{"rendered":"Plea to find Gillingham woman Portia Vincent-Kirby missing from her home in North Finchley, London, for over three months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The family of a woman who has been missing for more than three months are asking for help to find her.<\/p>\n<p>The whereabouts of Portia Vincent-Kirby, 33, have been unknown since February 25.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 251 333\" alt=\"Portia Vincent-Kirby was last spotted at The Blind Beggars pub in Whitechapel\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"30SDH5LBX0E6HTYRR2RN.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.75\"\/>Portia Vincent-Kirby was last spotted at The Blind Beggars pub in Whitechapel<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kirby, who was raised in Parkwood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/medway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gillingham<\/a>, has been living on her own for almost four years in London.<\/p>\n<p>The Ballards Lane, North Finchley resident left her job in early February and hasn\u2019t been seen for nearly fourteen weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The last sighting of her was on March 14 at The Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel.<\/p>\n<p>CCTV footage showed her alone, and she did not buy any drinks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1131 1600\" alt=\"Portia Vincent-Kirby has been missing for over three months\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"ODXL8NL8E6FEE3FK3U1U.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.71\"\/>Portia Vincent-Kirby has been missing for over three months<\/p>\n<p>Sister-in-law Kerri Kirby said: \u201cShe hasn&#8217;t spoken to any of her friends, her phone hasn&#8217;t been used, bank cards haven&#8217;t been used.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were no warning signs that this was going to happen \u2013 it&#8217;s out of the blue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has struggled with mental health in the past, that&#8217;s the only sort of red flag, but nothing else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kirby is described as being around 5ft 9 and \u201cvery slim\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1552 1163\" alt=\"Family and friends of missing Portia Vincent-Kirby have been in London searching for her\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"7NFCZH10N0PZ6AQ9SOSK.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.33\"\/>Family and friends of missing Portia Vincent-Kirby have been in London searching for her<\/p>\n<p>Her last known hair colour was dyed bleach blonde, and she was last seen wearing a fur hat. She is also known for frequently wearing baseball caps.<\/p>\n<p>Kerri has asked anyone who may have any information about her whereabouts to get in contact with family or friends.<\/p>\n<p>Her brother Max, who lives in Wigmore, said previously: \u201cPortia is from Medway and has extremely strong links in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today (June 1), loved ones met up at St Pancras station at around 11.30am wearing clothing with her image printed on them.<\/p>\n<p>They have split up and spent the day searching around London for her.<\/p>\n<p>Kerri said: \u201cWe&#8217;re all in our t-shirts just to try and promote her face. We&#8217;re just clutching at straws on anything, but someone else might have seen her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Those with information about Portia&#8217;s whereabouts are being urged to contact the Met Police and quote reference 01\/7262039\/25.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of a woman who has been missing for more than three months are asking for help&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,495,257,607,23,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-149799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-kent","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-medway","14":"tag-missing-person","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114608890611823188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}