Members of the Berkshire Lowland Search and Rescue team have spent today combing the grounds of the University of Reading in a bid to track down a missing teenager.
Daniel Williams, 19, was last seen in the Students’ Union bar on the Whiteknights bar just after midnight on Thursday, January 31.
He didn’t return to his student accommodation and hasn’t been seen since.
The Search and Rescue team had set up a base in the students’ union today and had been trying to see if he was in the grounds of the university.
The Whiteknights campus is home to a wide variety of environments including buildings, gardens and Whiteknights Lake. There are small copses and trees as well as common rooms, building sites and sports facilities.
Large display boards and posters on campus are alerting other students on the site to Daniel’s disappearance in the hope that he turns up safe and well.
Today, Thames Valley Police made a renewed appeal to find the teengaer.
They said Daniel is white, 6ft tall with a slim build and short light brown hair and blue eyes.
He was last seen wearing black or blue jeans, a black hooded top and black shoes, He was wearing a black T-shirt underneath with a distinctive white motif on the front.
Superintendent Jim Weems said: “We are continuing to appeal for anyone with information about Daniel’s whereabouts to contact police urgently, as we are extremely concerned for his welfare.
“Our officers and volunteers have worked tirelessly searching for Daniel, and will continue to do so.
“I would ask that the privacy of Daniel’s family is respected at this time and that there should be no speculation as to the reasons for Daniel’s disappearance.”
If you have any information about Daniel’s whereabouts, please call the 24-hour Thames Valley Police enquiry centre 101, quoting reference URN 1307 (31/1).
