The Metropolitan Police has issued an appeal for help to track down a missing teenager from Oldham.
Dillon Duffy went missing from the Chadderton area on Tuesday (June 18). His mum Donna Duffy, who said she is ‘living every parent’s worst nightmare’, said she had dropped him close to the Asda supermarket on Milne Street at around 8am and that he was supposed to go to his nearby workplace from there – but never showed up.
It has since been confirmed that Dillon caught a train to Stoke at around 3.35pm from Manchester Piccadilly. He then caught a train from Stoke to London Euston.
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The last sighting of him was at Euston station as he exited the building towards a taxi rank, Donna said. She said Dillon’s dad has travelled down to the capital to help with the search, with more family members on the way.
“We are living our worst nightmare and we want our boy back safe”, Donna said. She also thanked people for their support in the search for Dillon.
“We have been supported so well”, the mum added. “Thank you to every single person that has shared, reached out and connected us to really useful links, everything is appreciated but please let’s keep sharing, and if anyone see’s Dillon contact us.”
The Met Police in Camden shared an appeal for help to trace the teenager on social media yesterday. The force shared two images of him, including one showing what he was last wearing, and wrote: “Dillon, 18, is missing from Greater #Manchester.
“Dillon got a train to #Euston on the evening of 18 June. He was wearing a black hooded jacket, grey cap, black tracksuit bottoms and black and grey trainers. If you have seen Dillon please call 101 quote ref 01/491880/24.”
Dillon’s phone has been switched off since Tuesday afternoon, Donna said. He had also deactivated a number of his social media accounts.
The 18-year-old is described as being a white male who is around 5ft 9in tall and of medium build. His ‘dirty blonde hair’ is cut ‘very short’.
The teenager was last seen wearing a dark grey North Face zip-up hooded jacket, which has a white logo on the front left-side of the chest. He was also wearing black slim-fitting tracksuit bottoms and black and grey Nike trainers with white soles.
Dillon was also spotted wearing a beige baseball cap and carrying a black Puma backpack in the latest CCTV images released of him. He is believed to have a Simpsons novelty blanket with him.
Any information on Dillon’s whereabouts can be reported to the Met Police by calling 101 with the quote ref 01/491880/24