{"id":56206,"date":"2025-04-28T01:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T01:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/56206\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T01:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T01:31:13","slug":"police-searching-for-missing-schoolgirl-last-seen-leaving-major-birmingham-landmark-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/56206\/","title":{"rendered":"Police searching for missing schoolgirl last seen leaving major Birmingham landmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 15-year-old was reported missing from Bridgnorth and was last seen in Birmingham three days ago<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_GpilRtvXgAA7MOJ.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Missing girl<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police have launched an appeal to find a missing schoolgirl after she was last seen leaving a Birmingham landmark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Mataya, who is aged 15, was reported missing from Bridgnorth and was last seen leaving New Street Station three days ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers said the girl, who is around 5ft 7 ins tall, was spotted at the rail hub at 9.20pm on Thursday, April 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more:<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/robbery-horror-cyclist-beaten-kicked-31518836\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Robbery horror as cyclist beaten, kicked and &#8216;chased bleeding&#8217; down street for bike<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Now, three days on, West Mercia Police has issued two images in a bid to find her. She is said to have connections to Milton Keynes, London, Kent and Bedfordshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In an appeal, the force said: &#8220;We are appealing for information to find 15-year-old Mataya who has been reported missing from Bridgnorth and was last seen in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Mataya is mixed race, around 5ft 7 inches tall, of a slim build and has dark hair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;She was last seen leaving New Street Station in Birmingham on Thursday (24 April) at around 9.20pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The CCTV image shows her exiting the station, believed to be onto Navigation Street, wearing a black jumper and trousers and carrying an Adidas rucksack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Mataya has connections to Milton Keynes, London, Kent and Bedfordshire. Please call 01743 264825 immediately if you see Mataya or have information on her whereabouts.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 15-year-old was reported missing from Bridgnorth and was last seen in Birmingham three days agoMissing girl Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,983,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-56206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-centre","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114413009985569089","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56206","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=56206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}