{"id":436286,"date":"2025-09-19T14:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/436286\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:37:11","slug":"teenagers-missing-for-nearly-a-day-in-rural-wales-found-news-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/436286\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenagers missing for nearly a day in rural Wales found | News UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SEI_266786428-f2e1.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24209248\" alt=\"2R894EA Ferndale in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, UK.\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tFerndale in the Rhondda Valley is one of the last places the teenagers were seen (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)<\/p>\n<p>Two teenagers who vanished together from Rhondda Cynon Taf, south east <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/wales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wales<\/a>, have been found.<\/p>\n<p>Lacie, 15 and Roxy, 15, were last seen yesterday around Maerdy and Ferndale, two villages about 15 miles northeast of <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/cardiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cardiff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A local claimed on <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> that the teens were spotted at about 8.10pm on a bus heading towards Maerdy.<\/p>\n<p>The police confirmed to <strong>Metro <\/strong>just before 2.40pm that the two teenagers had been located.<\/p>\n<p>The force said: \u2018We can confirm that Lacie and Roxie, who were reported missing early this morning, have 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