Found Safe Uk - Serena Alexander-benson, 13, Taken On Eurotunnel, 25 May 2018

[gregjrichards]

A teenage girl who has been missing for more than 24 hours, after failing to turn up to school, is understood to have left Britain on a Eurotunnel train.

Serena Alexander-Benson, 13, was last seen in her school uniform and is urgently being sought by her frantic parents and the police. Wandsworth Police want anyone who has seen her to call 999 immediately.


Read more: Frantic search for missing 13-year-old girl who was last seen boarding a Eurotunnel train out of UK | Daily Mail Online

 

[Aescwynn]

Mother lives in Poland...possible connection?

 

[Legally Bland]

Officers say they believe the teenager left the UK from Folkestone, Kent, on Friday morning via a Eurotunnel train, and it is thought that she travelled “probably in the company of an older person”.

Missing London schoolgirl believed to have left UK in 'company of adult'

Hopefully she is with her mother and there's no reason why that should be cause for alarm.

 

[jiminy]

Apparently a child of her age would have to travel with an adult, hence why they're saying she may be with an adult. One would think if that adult was her mother, they'd know from their records. I do hope it's a custody thing and a family member is with her. It's a long way to Poland at 13 on your own.

 

[Legally Bland]

I've never been on Eurostar but I'd be surprised if there wasn't CCTV. The stations will definitely have it.

 

[gregjrichards]

I've never been on Eurostar but I'd be surprised if there wasn't CCTV. The stations will definitely have it.

There is CCTV on the Eurostar and at the stations according to my Google search.

 

[NSS]

CCTV is everywhere at this crossing. I find it hard to believe she couldn't be tracked on a minute by minute basis. School uniform means she went missing on Friday, everyone in High school knows that a change of clothes in the schoolbag is essential for skipping school for any reason. For the authorities to 'know' that she took the Eurotunnel means that someone has set eyes upon her (likely CCTV) but that means they also know what she is currently wearing. The article is a blend of details in the initial report and information gathered from LE. It is quite a muddle. Since there is a large Polish community in the UK, a trip with a parent is not outside the realm of possibility, but neither is a trip on Eurotunnel with a meet up at the other end. If this a custodial issue, children can be very resourceful when it comes to being with a preferred parent. I hope she is safe and well, and that she can be found and have her voice heard.

 

[gregjrichards]

Mother lives in Poland...possible connection?

“A missing teenage girl last seen boarding a Eurotunnel train out of Britain could be on her way to visit her mother, who lives in Poland.

Serena Alexander-Benson, 13, was last seen in her school uniform with an 'older person, believed to be a female Polish national and friend of her mother's.

The teen lives with her father in London, while her mother lives in Poland - where Mother's Day was celebrated on May 26.

Read more: Girl, 13, last seen boarding a Eurotunnel train is now in Poland where her mother lives, say police | Daily Mail Online

 

[cybervampira]

Found in Poland!

A MISSING Brit schoolgirl, 13, has been found in Poland after leaving the UK on the Eurostar with her “mum’s friend”.

Missing Brit girl Serena Alexander-Benson, 13, found in Poland five days after leaving UK on Eurotunnel with ‘mum’s friend’

 

[Sjm_qc]

Found in Poland!


Missing Brit girl Serena Alexander-Benson, 13, found in Poland five days after leaving UK on Eurotunnel with ‘mum’s friend’

Glad to see it’s confirmed. I think a lot of us worked out that this was going to be the outcome.

I hope that all concerned will be able to resolve whatever problems there may be calmly, compassionately and sensibly, probably best if it’s out of sight of the media too - unless there’s been a violation of a custody order/parental rights.