British private school girl, 15, found ‘safe and well’ in a Majorcan park three weeks after vanishing
- Emina Ilora Alice Winterbottom was found in a park in central Palma Wednesday
- Her discovery comes just hours after an alert was issued over her disappearance
- Detectives had described her case as ‘disturbing and of the highest priority’
- She is now being interviewed by police over where she spent last three weeks
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A British private school girl has been found ‘safe and well’ in a Majorcan park after she vanished three weeks ago.
Emina Ilora Alice Winterbottom was discovered in the WiFi park in central Palma on Wednesday, not far from the Civil Guard’s headquarters, after her parents reported she had last been seen on August 31.
Her discovery comes just hours after an alert was issued over her disappearance, with police describing her case as ‘disturbing and of the highest priority.’
Missing persons’ charity SOS Desaparecidos told MailOnline on Thursday: ‘Emina was located in good condition and her disappearance alert deactivated … She is safe and well.’
The National Police have taken on the case and she is being interviewed by specialist officers about where she spent the last three weeks.
Emina Ilora Alice Winterbottom was last seen in Palma on August 31, with her parents reporting that she never returned home (pictured: a Facebook post dated April 4)
A photo handout from the Spanish police, left, and a photo from her Facebook, right. Emina is described as being 5ft7ins tall with ‘long chestnut hair and large green eyes’, according to a missing person’s notice issued by officials
A spokesman for Majorca’s National Police confirmed: ‘The girl that went missing in Majorca was found on Wednesday afternoon and the search has been called.
‘Officers are still continuing to make inquires about the circumstances surrounding her disappearance but no arrests have been made in connection with this incident so far.’
Emina is originally from Manchester but moved to Majorca where she is a pupil at the £5,700-per-year Escola Global international school, according to her Facebook.
Majorca is home to more than 16,000 British expats and the island is a popular holiday destination for people from the UK.
The Balearic Islands – which also include Formentera, Ibiza and Menorca – have the highest crime rate of any Spanish region.
Emina was discovered in the WiFi park in central Palma which is just a stone’s throw from the Civil Guard’s headquarters
Majorca is home to more than 16,000 British expats and the island is a popular holiday destination for people from the UK. The Balearic Islands – which also include Formentera, Ibiza and Menorca – have the highest crime rate of any Spanish region.
Earlier this year, another British girl, Taya O’Loughlin, went missing outside her school.
The 14-year-old’s disappearance sparked a massive search effort by police and volunteers.
Fortunately she was found after three days and returned home to her mother.