Police launch fresh appeal for information on week of missing Leah Croucher's 21st birthday
Police investigating the disappearance of Leah Croucher have launched a fresh appeal for information on the week of her 21st birthday. She's been missing since February last year.
Leah was last seen in the Furzton area of Milton Keynes on February 15th, 2019. She was spotted on a CCTV camera in the area. Since, there have been no confirmed sightings.
Leah's birthday is this Friday, 14th of August. Police are using the milestone as an opportunity to re-appeal for witnesses almost 18 months on from when she was first reported missing by her family.
Senior investigating officer, Detective Chief Inspector Andy Howard, of the Major Crime Unit, said:
“I would like to reach out and appeal to the residents and commuters in this area, particularly Buzzacott Lane, Dulverton Drive, Loxbeare Avenue and the roads close to Furzton Lake, as well as Faraday Drive and the roads surrounding it. Were you travelling along the H7 Chaffron Way that morning?
“We know these locations were such a feature of Leah’s weekday routine. She would have been walking along these roads and streets, between Emerson Valley, through Furzton and Shenley Lodge and into Knowlhill habitually between 8am and 9am each weekday morning.
“I find it very hard to believe that nobody saw Leah on the morning of February 15. If you are a resident of these areas, or were at the time of Leah’s disappearance, or if you are somebody that regularly uses that area to commute or for exercise please cast your mind back to that day and particularly that morning. It was the day after Valentine’s Day and the last day before the schools finished for half-term. Did you see a girl matching Leah’s description or did you see or hear anything that caught your attention that you may previously have thought was insignificant? If so, and you haven’t yet spoken to the police we need to hear from you. "
Leah has shoulder length brown hair and sometimes wears glasses. Police say on the morning she went missing, she was dressed in a black coat, skinny jeans, black Converse high top trainers and she was carrying a small black rucksack. In particular, she was wearing a great Stewartby Taekwondo hooded top, with a colourful logo.
If you have any information, police ask that you leave it via their dedicated website for this investigation, or call 1010.