{"id":868999,"date":"2026-04-03T09:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/868999\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:13:17","slug":"concerns-grow-for-missing-boy-16-last-seen-three-days-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/868999\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns grow for missing boy, 16, last seen three days ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph was last seen in Radcliffe<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joseph is missing from home\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Untitled-36jpeg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Joseph is missing from home\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Joseph is missing from home(Image: GMP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An urgent appeal has been issued to find a missing teenager who disappeared earlier this week. Police say Joseph was last seen in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/radcliffe\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Radcliffe<\/a> town centre on Tuesday (March 31).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Concerns are growing for the 16-year-old, from <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/bury\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Bury<\/a>, as officers continue efforts to find him. Joseph is described as being white, of skinny build and 6ft tall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/greater-manchester-police\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> says Joseph is unshaven and has medium-length hair. He was last seen wearing a black tracksuit jacket, grey tracksuit bottoms and a black puffer jacket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get MEN Premium now for just \u00a31 <a aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> \u2013 or get involved in our WhatsApp group by clicking <a aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/I185InYeKqOLydUg3TjGzw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>. And don&#8217;t miss out on our brilliant selection of newsletters <a aria-label=\"HERE.Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?utm_source=newslettersignupheader\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Joseph also wore grey Nike trainers and a black CP Company beanie hat. A photo of Joseph has been released alongside an appeal to find him on social media this morning (Friday).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A GMP spokesperson said: &#8220;Officers are becoming increasingly concerned for Joseph and want to make sure they are safe and well. Anyone with information about Joseph&#8217;s whereabouts is asked to contact police on 0161 856 2476.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joseph was last seen in Radcliffe Joseph is missing from home(Image: GMP) An urgent appeal has been issued&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,1285,393,4884,2465,39242,16,15],"class_list":["post-868999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-bury","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-radcliffe","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116340012408678542","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868999","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=868999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}