Father’s desperate plea for safe return of missing teenager for Christmas
Lilyanne’s father Mark Hook addressed his daughter directly, saying: ‘We all love you. Please come home for Christmas’
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Your support makes all the difference.A father has spoken of his “living nightmare” as he desperately searches for his missing daughter who vanished in London more than two weeks ago.
Lilyanne Hook, 19, didn’t tell her family where she was going the last time they spoke but the grade-A student is known to have links to Lewisham and Peckham in the southeast of the capital.
Scotland Yard describe the 5ft1 teenager, known to friends as Lily, as having a slim build, with long brown wavy hair and a nose piercing on both sides.
Her emotional father Mark Hook has travelled down from Shropshire to the capital to try and find the teenager.
He told The Independent: “I’m crying at the moment I can’t lie. It’s been a living nightmare. Someone, somewhere knows where my daughter is. It’s her birthday on the 21 December and I have to be with her then.
“She is amazing. The brightest, funniest girl I have ever met. She is a grade-A student.
“She is only small about 5ft 1ins but she is a force to be reckoned with that’s for sure.
“I last spoke to her on November 15 she didn’t tell me where she was going. We believe she was last spotted in the Peckham area.
“There’s no issue at home with her at all. She is just a strong-willed girl. Her mum lives in Leicester we are separated and I live in Shropshire now.
“I spent all weekend wandering around Peckham putting up posters, trying to spread the word and trying to do everything I can to find her.
“I don’t feel tired, I just need to be strong in case my little baby needs me.
“It’s very out of character for her. The longest time without speaking to me or her mum is about three days.”
Addressing Lilyanne directly, he added: “We all love you and please come home for Christmas.”
Lewisham MPS posted an appeal for her whereabouts on X: “Can you help us find 19-year-old Lilyanne who is missing from Lewisham. She is of slim build, with long brown wavy hair and a nose piercing on both sides.”
The Metropolitan Police have been approached for further comment.
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