{"id":173977,"date":"2025-06-10T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173977\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T21:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:44:13","slug":"urgent-search-for-missing-woman-last-seen-in-edinburgh-as-fears-grow-for-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/173977\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent search for missing woman last seen in Edinburgh as fears grow for safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Loved ones are desperate for answers after Toni McNelis vanished in the early hours of Thursday in Edinburgh. Police are urging the public to help trace her.<\/p>\n<p>21:39, 10 Jun 2025Updated 21:40, 10 Jun 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_mcnelis.png\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Toni McNelis was last seen in the early hours of Thursday, 5 June,.(Image: Police Scotland)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police are urgently searching for a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/missing-people\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"missingLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">missing<\/a> 29-year-old woman from Dalkeith who was last seen in Edinburgh five days ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Toni McNelis vanished after being spotted in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/edinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"NiddrieLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Niddrie<\/a> area during the early hours of Thursday, June 5, 2025. She has not been seen or heard from since.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She is described as 5ft 4in, slim build, with short blonde hair. At the time of her <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/missing-people\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"disappearanceLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">disappearance<\/a>, Toni was wearing dark blue leggings, white trainers, a white flowery tank top and a white or cream cardigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PoliceLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> say they are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare, and her loved ones are desperate for any news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Constable Lourens said: &#8220;We are concerned for Toni&#8217;s welfare and are asking anyone who knows where she might be to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Her family and friends are extremely worried and just want to know she is safe and well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_WACOMMUNITYQR3.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">You&#8217;ll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">All you have to do is <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/BZamc48XMaoEqKkIN7GWxV\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">click here if you&#8217;re on mobile<\/strong><\/a>, select &#8216;Join Community&#8217; and you&#8217;re in!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">If you&#8217;re on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click &#8216;Join Community&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose &#8216;exit group&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">If you\u2019re curious, you can read our <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/privacy-notice\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I would also appeal directly to Toni &#8211; if you see this, please get in touch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Anyone with information is urged to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 2078 of 6 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Loved ones are desperate for answers after Toni McNelis vanished in the early hours of Thursday in Edinburgh.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,10008,530,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-173977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-missing-people","12":"tag-police-scotland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114661259183740967","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173977","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=173977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}