Teenager Serren Bennett is spotted on CCTV pulling up the hood on her coat as she walks towards Redcar beach alone.
A week later, her clothes are found in the sand. Her family going ‘out of their minds’ with worry confirm to police they are hers. But the ‘beautiful’ teenager hasn’t been seen since.
Her family are renewing appeals as her 19th birthday passes without any more sightings for the month since she vanished.
Ms Bennett, described as 5’6” tall with brown hair and brown eyes, was last seen heading to beach alone at around 9pm on June 8.
She was wearing a black coat with fur on the hood, a black skirt and black tights, police said.
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Her family are still searching for her, launching a desperate appeal on Facebook, her aunt addressed Serren directly, saying: ‘Please let any of us know where you are darling.
‘We are going out of our minds thinking where you could be. You aren’t alone.
‘Come back to us beautiful, okay? We need you and love you so deeply. So come back home where you belong.’
Serren headed towards the Church Lane area of Guisborough around 7pm on Sunday 8th June.
She was then seen on CCTV walking towards Redcar beach alone around 9pm and is believed to have stayed in the vicinity of the beach.
Officers sealed off a section of Redcar beach as they launched a search but are struggling to come up with leads.
Superintendent Emily Harrison said: ‘From CCTV, we can see that Serren headed towards the beach alone on the evening of Sunday 8th June.
‘Clothing has been recovered from the beach which has been confirmed by family as belonging to Serren.
‘We have no other missing people reported to us in this area. We have specialist officers supporting Serren’s family and providing them with updates on police activity during this extremely difficult time.
‘Our enquiries are now centred around the beach as we continue to do everything possible to locate Serren as quickly as we can.’
Anyone who may have seen Serren at the beach, on the stretch between Majuba car park and South Gare, on the evening of Sunday 8th June is asked to contact Cleveland Police on 101.