Zantia Inniss, 17, reported as missing from Birmingham

She has links to Wolverhampton, Erdington and Wednesbury

West Midlands Police are asking for help to find 17-year-old Zantia Inniss who has been reported as missing from Birmingham.

Zantia is 5ft 4in tall and has links to Wolverhampton, Erdington and Wednesbury.

She is vulnerable and officers have asked that anyone who sees her contacts the police station rather than approach her.

West Midlands Police can be contacted by calling 999 or by using the Live Chat service on their website https://west-midlands.police.uk/

The appeal was posted on the West Midlands Police Facebook page at 8:24pm last night (Monday, September 20).

According to the Missing People charity, somebody is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK, equating to a total of 170,000 people.

Of that number, almost 98,000 are adults and more than 70,000 are children.

The charity also states that 75 per cent of adults are found within the first 24 hours of being reported missing and 85 per cent are found within two days, while five per cent are not found in the first week.

For children, the respective figures are 80 per cent, 90 per cent and two per cent.

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