EXCLUSIVE: Aunt of missing teen pleas bubbly niece to come home

Dorset Police are appealing to the public to help find a missing teenage girl from Poole.

Amber Ferns, aged 17, was last seen on Hercules Road on Monday 10^th January 2022 at around 4.30pm.

Amber Ferns’ Aunt, Katie Butler, had a message for her niece – “We really want you to come home now.”

She said: “If we know where she was or who she was with then it would be better but we have no idea. We have no idea who she’s with so that’s our concern.”

“Anybody who knows her, if she’s at someones house and a mum sees this, or if it’s a friend that she’s made that we are not aware of sees this, just encourage her to contact someone in the family. Whether it’s me, her mum or anyone. Just come home. We are all worried about her.”

Katie Butler has described her niece as being very bubbly. She added: ” She is normally very happy, she’s always bouncing around.  She has quite a lot of energy usually.”

Dorset Police are still appealing to the public for information.

Chief Inspector, Stuart Pitman of Dorset Police, said: “We are becoming concerned for Amber’s welfare and are keen to locate her as soon as possible to make sure she is all right.”

Anyone with any information or knowledge as to Amber’s whereabouts is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk, via email 101@dorset.pnn.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting incident number 11:193.