Please come home, 嘆願d parents of 行方不明の Natasha

Last updated at 14:09 08 August 2007


Natasha Coombs parents

The parents of a 行方不明の 十代の少年少女 today pleaded with her to come home, but 認める they are living in constant 恐れる of what "tomorrow will bring".

Natasha Coombs, 17, of Dovercourt, Essex, 消えるd after 搭乗 a late night train from Ipswich on July 27.

Today, her parents Gary and Joanne 明らかにする／漏らすd she had recently 分裂（する） from her boyfriend, who she had been seeing "on and off" for いっそう少なく than a year.

But Mrs Coombs, 40, said: "I wasn't aware she was upset about that."

Speaking from their home, Mr and Mrs Coombs made an emotional 控訴，上告 for their only child to get in touch.

Mr Coombs, 47, said: "If Natasha is 苦しむing from heartache or she has some problems, we are there for her.

"Whatever it is, we will make it better for her. We will talk to her and make the problem disappear.

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Natasha Coombs

Natasha Coombs

"We would prefer to 苦しむ with her. She is such an integral part of our lives and we need her to come 支援する."

Mrs Coombs said her daughter had never been 行方不明の before but had stayed out 夜通し with friends on occasions.

"There may have been times when she'd had a little drink and stayed at a friend's house, but she would always call us in the morning or just turn up at home," she said.

Mr Coombs, an 保険 経営者／支配人 at Norwich Union, said: "It would have been comp letely out of character for her to take off. I think she would take solace with Joanne and myself.

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"Joanne was Natasha's best friend without a 影をつくる／尾行する of 疑問. They 株d everything together."

The couple are 決定するd to remain 肯定的な but 収容する／認める they have no idea where Natasha could be.

Mr Coombs said: "It's now the 12th day (since she went 行方不明の). You wake up in the morning and you've got 苦痛s in your stomach. The last few days have been pretty much the same. You feel numb.

"It's a rollercoaster. We are thinking all sorts of シナリオs, but we just try to stay 肯定的な.

"It's just before you go to sleep at night you 恐れる what tomorrow is going to bring. I try to get those 消極的な thoughts out of my 長，率いる."

Mrs Coombs 追加するd: "People have said to us いつかs a 17-year-old needs to （疑いを）晴らす her 長，率いる and stay away, and we are taking 慰安 from that.

"She has so much to look 今後 to. Soon she'll be learning to 運動, then it will be her 18th birthday. She's a very happy girl who loves 存在 around people, 特に at family 集会s."

（映画の）フィート数 of Natasha 搭乗 a train at Ipswich 駅／配置する at 10.42pm on July 27 remains the last 確認するd sighting of her.

Her 動きやすい phone signal was traced to the Manningtree area of Essex, but it is not known if she got off the train there.

Mr Coombs said he had texted his daughter to ask if she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be 選ぶd up from Dovercourt train 駅／配置する.

At 11.01pm she replied to say: "No, I've 調書をとる／予約するd a taxi."

About 30 minutes earlier, Natasha had called her parents to say she was on her way home.

Mrs Coombs said it was just a "normal conversation" and lasted a few seconds.

Police believe Natasha had become upset about the 分離 from her b oyfriend during the evening of July 27, when she met two friends for a meal in Ipswich.

Officers are trying to 設立する which taxi 会社／堅い Natasha had called and are 控訴，上告ing for people who were on the same train as the 十代の少年少女 to 接触する them.

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