Police have issued a desperate appeal to trace a 20-year-old missing woman said to have vanished ‘unexpectedly’ this morning.
Charlie Ellis was last seen in the Sandringham Fields area of Dorchester in Dorset at about 4.10am.
She is described as 5ft 6in tall and of slim build with brown hair that is past her shoulders.
She was last seen wearing a black spotty vest, grey jogging bottoms and one dark brown Ugg boot.
Insp Steve Hughes, of Dorset Police, said: ‘We are concerned for Charlie’s welfare and need to urgently find her to make sure she is OK.
‘Searches are being carried out in the area and I would ask anyone who has seen a woman matching the description given to please get in touch.’
Anyone with information or knowledge as to Charlie’s whereabouts is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting incident number 12:45.