Search for missing 21-year-old student in Chippenham enters third day

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Search for missing 21-year-old student in Chippenham enters third day
Search for missing 21-year-old student in Chippenham enters third day

The family of a student who vanished in Chippenham are ‘extremely concerned for his welfare’.

Sebastian, 21, was last seen leaving the Black Horse Pub, on New Road in Chippenham, Wiltshire, around 11.30pm on Thursday.

CCTV then picked up the 5ft 10inch man heading towards Lovers Walk, along the banks of the River Avon.

Described as having slim build with blond-brown hair in a long fringe, he was last seen wearing a grey jumper, blue jeans and a beige fur-line jacket.

MISSING Sebastian Officers are continuing to urgently search for 21-year-old Sebastian, who is missing from his home in Notton. Sebastian was last seen leaving the Black Horse Pub in Chippenham at about 11.30pm on Thursday night (27/02) and was captured on CCTV heading towards Lovers Walk. He is described as white, around 5ft 10ins tall, slim build, with blonde/brown hair with a long fringe. He was last seen wearing a grey jumper, blue jeans, a beige fur lined jacket and white Adidas trained with a Velcro strap across the top. We have attached a CCTV image and Ring Doorbell image of him from Thursday evening. eiqrkireiqxinv

Sebastian’s disappearance has been described as ‘out of character (Picture: Wiltshire Police)

A student at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol, he was wearing white Adidas trainers with a velcro stap over the top, according to police.

Chief Inspector Ben Huggins said: ‘Sebastian’s disappearance is out of character and we and his family are extremely concerned for his welfare.

‘We are currently conducting multiple lines of enquiries to locate him.

‘We are working with Wiltshire Search and Rescue and we currently have extensive specialist resources in place to find him, so we would ask the public not to speculate and to allow us to conduct our enquiries.’

Wiltshire Search and Rescue As our search in #Chippenham moves into its 3rd day, we have a number of #thankyous to say. TCA_TheArc climbing centre have bent over backwards to help, closing their car park to thir own customers to allow us the space we need to deploy boats and 60+ volunteers. They?ve also been really generous with refreshments and unlimited access to their facilities? Bravo! Rapid Relief Team have attended on very short notice to keep Police officers and Search and Rescue volunteers fed and motivated to keep going Wessex Water have been a great help with access to areas under their control, attending scene to unlock gates and provide local knowledge And last but not least, our neighbouring Mountain Rescue and Lowland Rescue teams have once again dug deep when we?ve asked for mutual aid, allowing us access to all the resources we need. The search continues today with assistance from: Severn Area Rescue Association Avon & Somerset Search and Rescue Hampshire Search and Rescue Dogs Berkshire Search & Rescue Bucks Search & Rescue Lowland Rescue Oxfordshire

A Wiltshire Search and Rescue team on the third day of the search for Sebastian (Picture: Wiltshire Search and Rescue)

More than 60 volunteers have scoured the banks of the River Avon, where boats have been deployed.

A local climbing centre’s car park has been turned into a hub of the search effort, with food and drink distributed to volunteers.

Specialist search dogs have also been sent from Hampshire to assist.

 

James Smith

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