{"id":990998,"date":"2026-05-28T22:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/990998\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:26:14","slug":"urgent-appeal-to-find-belle-vale-schoolgirl-9-missing-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/990998\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent appeal to find Belle Vale schoolgirl, 9, missing from home"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: Police have confirmed Francesca has been found safe and well.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Merseyside Police are “urgently appealing for help” to find a nine-year-old girl who is missing from home in Belle Vale. Francesca Williams Goffey was last seen at around 4.30pm today (Thursday, May 28) at an address on Lydieth Lea in Netherley.<\/p>\n

Francesca is described as a white girl, of slim build, with shoulder length blonde hair. When she was last seen<\/a>, she was wearing a pink and blue Labubu top with green leggings and pink and white trainers.<\/p>\n

She is known to frequent Belle Vale<\/a> parks and shops in this area, Primark in Liverpool city centre<\/a> and Hunts Cross.<\/a><\/p>\n

You can pass on any sightings via the police’s form here: Add something to a missing person report | Merseyside Police<\/a> or pass on any other information to @MerPolCC or 101.<\/p>\n

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