Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Urgent search for teenage girl last seen cycling into nature reserve

Skye, 16, last seen riding in Shirebrook Valley Nature Reserve on mountain bike

Aisha Rimi
Thursday 28 July 2022 19:43 EDT
Comments
Footage shows last time a teenage girl was seen cycling into nature reserve

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

Police have said they are growing increasingly concerned about a missing 16-year-old girl last seen cycling into a nature reserve in Sheffield.

Detectives have published images of the teenager, who they named only as Skye, as she rode a bike in the city’s Shirebrook Valley Nature Reserve on Tuesday af

CCTV footage released by South Yorkshire Police shows her cycling into woodland on a black and red men’s mountain bike, while wearing a red coat and a bag over her shoulder.

Skye was last seen on Tuesday
Skye was last seen on Tuesday (South Yorkshire Police)

Officers have also shared an image of a similar bike to the one she was riding in an effort to help locate her.

Skye was last sighted riding a black and red men’s mountain bike
Skye was last sighted riding a black and red men’s mountain bike (South Yorkshire Police)

Skye has long ginger hair and was last see at about 2.30pm on 26 December.

She was believed to be wearing a grey Lilo & Stitch jumper, green tracksuit bottoms with a black stripe and converse trainers.

Anyone with information on Skye’s whereabouts can call police on 101, quoting incident number 951 of 26 July.

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in