POLICE in Dorset have issued images of 'distinctive' bottles believed to have been purchased by a teenager from the Dorchester area before they went missing.
Alex Bendall, who is known to some as Alice and is 18-years-old, has been missing for nearly two weeks.
Alex is described as five feet six inches tall, of slim build, with short brown hair and they were last seen wearing a green Puffa-style body warmer, a black hooded jumper, dark-coloured jeans, Dr Marten boots with a green lace in one boot and purple lace in the other, a bracelet over the cuff on the right arm and carrying a small backpack.
The force also said that there will be an increased number of officers in the local area this weekend in an attempt to find the teenager, who was reported missing on Sunday, February 12.
Chief Inspector Danny Thompson, of Dorset Police, said: “We are now approaching two weeks since Alex was last seen, and we are continuing to do everything we can in an effort to locate them.
"I would ask Alex again if you see this appeal to please let us or your family know that you are all right. We are all very worried for you and want to make sure you are safe and well.
"To mark two weeks since the last sighting, there will be an increased visible policing presence at key locations in the Dorchester and Charminster areas on Saturday 25 February 2023.
"We will be asking people to think back to where they were two weeks ago and whether they can recall anything that might assist our enquiries and officers can be approached by anyone with information.
"We are also issuing images of two distinctive drinks bottles that Alex is believed to have purchased shortly before they went missing.
"I would urge anyone who has come across discarded bottles of this kind in the Dorchester area to please contact us as they may help give an indication of Alex’s last known movements.
"I would also like to repeat our plea for anyone with home CCTV or doorbell cameras, or motorists who were in the town centre on Saturday, February 11, 2023, and have dashcam footage, to please check their footage for anything that might assist our enquiries.”
Those with information or knowledge as to Alex’s whereabouts is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk/contact or by calling 101, quoting incident number 12:319
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