* UPDATE - Police confirmed at 1pm on Thursday (August 8) that Alexis has been found safe and well. * 

 

The Metropolitan Police in London has been searching for a girl who went missing in Oxfordshire.

Alexis, whose surname was not provided by Thames Valley Police, was initially reported missing from Abingdon on Friday, August 2.

The 14-year-old Alexis is described as being white, 5ft 4ins tall, with long hair and she also has a belly button piercing.

When she was last seen she was wearing a black vest top and grey jumper, police have said.

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(Image: TVP Oxford)

Thames Valley Police issued an update on the search on Monday, revealing the girl had links to several other UK locations.

A spokesperson for the force said on Monday afternoon: “We are appealing for information to find a missing girl from Abingdon.

“We would ask anyone who travels on the trains and busses locally in Oxford and Didcot to look out for her, as she often uses public transport.

“Our investigation has discovered that Alexis also has links to Birmingham, Greenwich Heights in London, and Gillingham in Kent.

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“If you see Alexis, would we ask that you please call 999.”

When asked by the Oxford Mail for an update on the search for Alexis, Thames Valley Police confirmed the case had been passed over to the Met.

A spokesperson for the Oxfordshire force said: “This investigation has now been transferred to the Metropolitan Police Service.”

The Oxford Mail has approached the Met for comment on the search.

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The search is being continued in London.The search is being continued in London. (Image: Pexels)

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