Police appeal for information on missing 16 year-old girl

Samantha May left her Darlington home at around 3pm on Thursday, July 2.

She has links to South Shields, Newcastle, Gateshead and Cramlington.

Samantha is 5ft 4ins tall, with dark brown shoulder-length hair.

She was last seen wearing a black top, jeans, black jacket and black boots.

Anyone with any information should call Durham Constabulary on 101, quoting incident number 399 of July 2.

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