UK Abdul (no surname given), 13, missing from Islington, London - 13 Dec 2025

[MelmothTheLost]

Fears grow for missing 13-year-old boy who has not been seen for nearly two weeks as family issue emotional appeal​

Fears are growing for the welfare of a missing 13-year-old boy who has not been seen for nearly two weeks.

Abdul was last seen leaving his family home in Islington, North London, on Saturday, December 13, wearing a black tracksuit and white trainers.

Met Police officers have carried out extensive enquiries to trace the young boy, but he has not been heard from since his disappearance.

Fears grow for missing boy, 13, not seen for nearly two weeks

Abdul, 13, (pictured) was last seen leaving his family home in Islington on Saturday, December 13, wearing a black tracksuit and white trainers.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[MelmothTheLost]

Family 'deeply concerned' about missing boy, 13​

Police are asking the public to help find a 13-year-old boy who has been missing for nearly two weeks.

Abdul, whose surname was not given because of his age, was last seen wearing a black tracksuit and white trainers when he left his family home in Islington, north London, on 13 December, the Metropolitan Police said.

London family 'deeply concerned' about missing 13-year-old boy

Abdul was last seen by his family in Islington on 13 December, but police say he could be in Hounslow.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[MelmothTheLost]

This case does seem to be getting a fair amount of media coverage, including in local and regional papers throughout the UK.

Police 'increasingly concerned' for boy, 13, missing for nearly two weeks

Abdul was last seen leaving his family home in Islington, north London, on Saturday 13 December, and has not been spotted since.

news.sky.com

Search intensifies for boy, 13, who vanished two weeks ago

He has not been seen or heard from since, despite 'extensive inquiries', and the cold weather is increasing concerns for his welfare.

metro.co.uk

Urgent search for London schoolboy, 13, ‘who should be with family on Christmas Day’

Abdul’s father said the family are ‘deeply concerned’ for his safety since he left him in Islington

www.standard.co.uk

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Thanks for posting this case.
Poor kid and his family. I hope he's located safe very soon.
Hopefully the best investigators are working on figuring out where he went and with whom he met on December 13th.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

Thanks for posting this case.
Poor kid and his family. I hope he's located safe very soon.
Hopefully the best investigators are working on figuring out where he went and with whom he met on December 13th.

It's good to see that the case is getting so much media attention, especially at Christmas when there's so much "lifestyle" and "fluff" reporting, and especially considering one of the perennial complaints is that missing black people receive much less media attention than white people do.