Overview
- Humberside Police issued urgent public appeals and released a CCTV image after 10-year-old Ellie was reported missing, then updated the search when seven-year-old Dakota was reported later the same day.
- Officers asked anyone with information to call 101 and quote the specific log numbers used for each report to help coordinate leads and sightings.
- Local volunteers organised search parties and shared appeals on social media, and police thanked the public after confirming both Ellie and Dakota were located safe and well.
- Police said Dakota had been seen barefoot and was believed to be with Ellie during the search, details that helped shape urgent public checks and search routes.
- A separate social-media report naming a 13-year-old, Chelsea, as missing from the same estate has not been verified by Humberside Police, underscoring the need to rely on official statements for confirmations.