Fears for British teenager after she vanishes on holiday in Thailand as distraught family fly out in bid to find her

A British teen has gone missing portion on holiday successful Thailand sparking a immense hunt to find her. 

Bella May Culley, 18, from Billingham, County Durham, had been travelling astir the state with a person but has not been heard from since Saturday. 

Her telephone is said to person been turned disconnected and she was past thought to beryllium successful the Pattaya area, which is adjacent to Bangkok. 

The teen archetypal flew retired to the Philippines conscionable aft Easter this twelvemonth and flew to Thailand astir May 3. Bella had been regularly posting connected societal media and past shared a representation to Facebook connected Monday, May 5. 

Her distraught household are appealing for assistance to hint her whereabouts, with constabulary successful Thailand present progressive successful the search. 

In a station connected Facebook, they said Cleveland Police has besides been contacted and anyone who has heard from Bella oregon has immoderate accusation astir her whereabouts is being urged to interaction the force.

Bella was successful regular interaction with her parent Lyanne Kennedy and was owed to talk with her connected Saturday but the household has had nary connection since. 

Bella's begetter Neil Culley has present flown retired to Thailand with his sister Kerrie Culley to effort to get answers. 

Lyanne told Teesside Live: 'She flew retired to the Philippines aft Easter with a person and she was determination for 3 weeks. 

'She was posting loads of pictures and past she went to Thailand connected astir May 3.

'The past connection she sent was to maine and that was connected Saturday astatine 5.30pm saying she was going to Facetime maine later. 

'That was the past connection anyone has received from what we tin fig retired up to now.

'I'm conscionable waiting connected her dada who is present successful Bangkok to get backmost with immoderate much information. 

'I conscionable privation her location and harmless oregon to perceive her gorgeous small voice.'

Lyanne's latest station connected Facebook, which has been shared implicit 800 times, read: 'Please Share this post… Information is present urgently needed connected the past known connection with Bella May. 

'The constabulary are present progressive implicit present and successful Thailand. Anything could assistance adjacent if you deliberation it isn't relevant, it could be!

'Anyone with immoderate info tin you delight interaction the constabulary by dialing 101 and quoting incidental No. CVP-25-084859. Post from Cleveland Police to follow!

A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: 'We person received a study of a missing idiosyncratic who whitethorn beryllium successful Thailand.

'Enquiries are ongoing locally and with different agencies to found the circumstances. 

'We would entreaty for anyone with accusation connected the whereabouts of 18-year-old Bella Culley to interaction Cleveland Police connected the 101 fig quoting ref 084859.'