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23rd May 2017

Woman’s heartbreaking appeal for information about her missing daughter following Manchester attacks

We can't even imagine what she's going through

Alan Loughnane

We can’t even imagine what she’s going through.

Charlotte Campbell’s 15-year-old daughter, Olivia, attended Ariana Grande’s concert at the Manchester Arena on Monday night along with a friend.

Olivia is still missing the morning after last night’s attack and her mother is frantically trying to get in contact with her.

Charlotte Campbell is one of many parents trying to find their children following the blast and she spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme (via The Guardian), where she spoke of when she’d last been in contact with her daughter:

“She was at the concert. She’d just seen the support act and said she was having an amazing time, and thanking me for letting her go. She was with her friend, Adam. Adam was found about half an hour ago – he’s in hospital – but Olivia’s not been found yet.

“I’m at home phoning everybody: hospitals, police, the centres that the children have been put in. Her dad’s in Manchester looking for her. I’ve got friends looking for her. I’ve got people I don’t even know looking for her, people messaging me, saying we’ve got her photo, looking for her, we’ll get in contact if we see her. And I’m just hearing nothing. Her phone’s dead.

“Social media has been wonderful. I don’t know what I’ve have done without them, it’s made it so aware that she’s missing. There’s thousands of people who now know she’s missing, there’s people out looking for her I don’t know, and I can’t thank these people enough, giving their time up.

“They’ve basically told me to stay put and wait for a phone call. I daren’t leave the house just in case she somehow gets home.”

Charlotte, and other members of her family, shared photos of her daughter on social media in a bid to find out more information on missing Olivia.

https://twitter.com/Hello_Leesha/status/866862592580612096