Dorset Police have released new CCTV images as the search for missing Christchurch teenager Charlie Smith continues. The 13-year-old was reported missing after he was last seen at around 3pm on Thursday, October 3, in Beaufort Road, Bournemouth. Charlie last made contact with his family at around 3:30pm that day.
Following further investigations, police have now obtained CCTV images that show what is believed to be the last confirmed sighting of Charlie. The images show Charlie in the company of a man in the area of Jumpers Road, walking toward Barrack Road, in Christchurch, at around 4:45pm on October 3.
DCI Schock added: “I would urge anyone with information regarding Charlie’s whereabouts or who can help us identify the person he was with to please make contact with us immediately. I would also like to make a further plea to Charlie: please make contact with us or your family and let us know where you are. We just want to make sure that you are all right.”
Anyone with information about Charlie’s whereabouts is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55240152578.
Dorset Police are continuing to appeal to the public to help locate Charlie, with his welfare being their utmost priority. The investigation remains ongoing, and officers are committed to bringing Charlie safely home to his family.
