Police searching for four missing teenagers on a camping trip in North Wales find the Silver Ford Fiesta they were travelling in
- Crystal Owen, Harvey’s mother, has gone to North Wales to help with the search
- Police found the car following information from a member of the public
Police searching for four missing teenagers who went on a camping trip in North Wales have found the silver Ford Fiesta the group were last seen travelling in.
Sixth form students Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Henderson and Hugo Morris were last seen travelling in the car in the Harlech and Porthmadog areas of Gwynedd on Sunday morning.
The young men, from the Shrewsbury area, were due home on Monday morning but none of them have made contact with friends and family or been active on WhatsApp.
However, police have said that the missing car has been now been found.
North Wales Police confirmed the update on Facebook and wrote: ‘Following information from a member of the public, officers searching for four missing teenagers in the Porthmadog area have located the vehicle they were travelling in.’
The force said that officers and other emergency services are currently at the location and that they keeping the teenager’s families updated with information.
Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Henderson and Hugo Morris, who were said to be in their late teens, were last seen getting into a silver Ford Fiesta car on Sunday morning and haven’t been seen since
Locals reported that a helicopter had been searching the Penrhyndeudraeth area before heading toward Nantmor and Beddgelert
The young men, believed to be from the Shrewsbury area, were due home from their trip on Monday morning but none of them have made contact with friends and family. Pictured: Wilf Henderson
Helicopters were seen circling the Tremadog area, near Cnicht mountain in Snowdonia, on Tuesday morning in the hunt for the missing boys.
A coastguard helicopter from Caernarfon searched the area around the Glaslyn Nature Reserve at 4.30am, but returned to base with ‘nothing found’.
It has emerged that the four were not experienced campers and only had a tent and sleeping bags with them.
Lisa Corfield, whose daughter Maddi is 17-year-old Wilf’s girlfriend, told MailOnline: ‘They are not experienced campers. They have never been there before. [They] were just going for the night so have a tent and sleeping bags but only the basics.’
Crystal Owen, the mother of Harvey, a 17-year-old student at Shrewsbury College doing A-levels, told the BBC that she was headed to North Wales in order to be closer to the search operation.
Ms Owen said she did not know that her son was going on a camping trip and thought he was staying at a friend’s grandfather’s house for the night.
She said: ‘If I’d have known [where he was going] I wouldn’t have let him due to the winter weather conditions.
‘They are all sensitive, intelligent lads and we are just hoping they parked up, got lost and are OK.’
North Wales Police have launched an urgent hunt for the missing youngsters, with their worried parents driving to the area to help with the search after being left ‘frantic with worry’. Pictured: Jevon Hirst
The missing group are believed to have been planning to travel through Snowdonia, heading east from the Welsh coastal areas of Porthmadog and Harlech towards Shrewsbury, Shrops
Harvey’s mother reposted the appeal post shared by North Wales Police on Facebook and wrote: ‘I am frantic with worry, one of these boys is my son Harvey, please please please share and tag anyone in Wales or get in touch with any information you may have.’
Another family member, Mel Hirst, said they were ‘desperate for any news’ and pleaded users to keep sharing the post.
Ms Corfield said the boys have not been seen or heard from and she begged people to share the post with as many people as possible so that they could ‘try and get them home safely’.
She told the Shropshire Star that the group set out to go camping on Saturday and were expected back on Sunday morning, but they ‘never returned’.
Ms Corfield said: ‘Everybody is sick with worry and have not heard anything from them, which is very unusual for them. They have been trying their phones which must be either off or with no battery.’
The lack of contact was said to be out of character and friends said their families are ‘worried sick’. Pictured: Family members post on Facebook
Locals reported that a helicopter had been searching the Penrhyndeudraeth area before heading toward Nantmor and Beddgelert.
The area where the boys are missing is remote and mountainous, with narrow, winding single-lane roads into Snowdonia National Park.
Police and mountain rescue teams are searching the area for the group and have urged anyone who may have seen them to contact them immediately.
North Wales Police said in a statement: ‘Police have concerns for four young males missing from the Harlech/Porthmadog area since the morning of the 19/11/23.
‘The four males’ names are Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Henderson and Hugo Morris.
‘Any sightings please contact North Wales Police and quote ref num A184194.’
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