Searches have intensified to locate a teen who has now been missing for two weeks.

Alex Bendall, who is known to some as Alice and is 18 years old, was last seen at 7.41pm on February 11 in Cornwall Road, Dorchester. They were reported missing the next day.

Since then police have released a number of appeals and images in an effort to track down the teenager. 

Police have increased their presence in Dorchester and Charminster this weekend and are asking people to think back to where they were two weeks ago and whether they can recall anything that might assist enquiries.

Speaking previously, Alex’s mother made a plea for the teen to come home.

She said: “Al, we love you with all our hearts, miss you and beg you to come back home – whatever might have happened. We just want to know that you are safe and well.

“If anyone out there has been with Al or knows anything at all, please, please contact Dorset Police.”

Dorset Echo:

Picture: Graham Hunt Photography 

Alex is described as five feet six inches tall, of slim build, with short brown hair and was last seen wearing a black jacket with a denim body and black fabric sleeves, dark coloured jeans, Dr. Martens boots with a green lace in one boot and purple lace in the other, a bracelet over the cuff on the right arm and was carrying a small backpack.

Anyone 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.