Missing 16-year-old Tiyarnah Sterling is believed to be in Colchester (Image: Essex Police)
Police have launched a search for a missing 16-year-old.
Tiyarnah Sterling, aged 16, was reported missing from her home in the West Midlands area and is believed to have travelled to the East of England.
Essex Police now believe that the teenager is in Colchester and have launched an appeal to help find her.
"We are worried about her and need to make sure that she is okay," said a spokesman for the force.
She is described as 5ft 2ins tall, slim with curly brown hair and a scar from her eye to her ear.
If you have any information about where she is, please call 999 quoting incident 1424 of 31 August.
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