Help Please

I know of at least one serving police officer, who frequents this board... it may be an idea to run it by them first, so they can give you a gist of what's likely to happen?

Bro js make a post w ur name

Bro js make a post w ur name

Thanks for the reassurance, I was in a lot of doubt last night.
The police did say they'd update me as things go along so I hope that's the case, especially if they plan on visiting her at her house in which case I'd need to make them aware of some things.
It's just that deleting the app or not replying for a while would be understandable but considering her parents suspicion on Friday coupled with the lack of response from Saturday night onwards and then leading to an ACCOUNT deletion on Tuesday just makes me worry that it's not her who's deleted it but in fact someone else who's found out about her messages since we've been speaking for months at this point and nothing like this has ever happened. What adds to it as well is that I might genuinely be the only person who was aware of her situation since she mentioned that her parents made her change her phone number not too long ago which meant she couldn't really contact any of her friends anymore.
With everything in mind, I guess you're right and I did do the correct thing. I guess I just need to sit tight now and hopefully everything is sorted by Monday night if the police get the information they need from the university in the morning or even better she messages me tonight saying everything is okay for now.

🙂 With regard to the police, that's good to know. If there are further details that you think would benefit them, you could always tell them in advance, in case they do go around - but you know the situation best.
I see your point; the account being deleted is quite an extreme step. If she just wanted to cover her tracks, getting rid of the app would be easiest - not to mention that parents might not be as tech-savvy as someone of her generation, and so getting rid of the account altogether is rather a leap.
I truly think you did do the right thing. It can be really tough to know what's best in these sorts of situations, but I always tend to believe that informing the authorities is the right course: then how they decide to proceed is their business. I do hope everything gets sorted out soon.

So the police should be making progress tomorrow and also finding her. I'm expecting them to call me once they find out her details from the university but who do I call if they don't ring me?
I do have a number the police rang me from on Friday but I don't know if that'll work since the same person might not be at work at that time.
I hope I'm not starting to annoy you with all of these posts but I'm just very worried for her and don't want to risk anything going wrong either, especially if the police don't ring me because I NEED to give them specific details in regards to contacting and approaching her.

I would have thought the police would have given you a case number when you first got in touch: it's numbers and the date of the report. That can be used by anyone to pull up the details and add to them.

So the police should be making progress tomorrow and also finding her. I'm expecting them to call me once they find out her details from the university but who do I call if they don't ring me?
I do have a number the police rang me from on Friday but I don't know if that'll work since the same person might not be at work at that time.
I hope I'm not starting to annoy you with all of these posts but I'm just very worried for her and don't want to risk anything going wrong either, especially if the police don't ring me because I NEED to give them specific details in regards to contacting and approaching her.

I may well be wrong, but I suppose (and this is just a guess on my part) that the police wouldn't necessarily have to contact you the minute they find out her details. If they've said they'll update you, then I believe they will, but I suppose that could be hours later, or the next day - though I could well be wrong about this.
If there is information that needs to be imparted before they contact her, I would do so at your earliest convenience, just to ensure that they've all the relevant knowledge they need prior to any interaction - in case they do go ahead with knocking on her door before they update you. I truly don't mean to worry you in saying this - they may update you first, but I, personally, would err on the side of caution, not that you have to do exactly as I would do!
If the police rang you from that number, I would ring the same number again. Even if it's not the same person, there will be a record of your call and raised concerns, I'm sure, to which the new person can simply add your new information. If the new person isn't terribly helpful, I suppose there's a chance you might have to explain the situation over again, but I would think it more likely that they'd simply note down your information, and give it to whomever is working on your case 🙂
You're not annoying me in the least! Your concerns are perfectly valid, and I'm willing to be of any assistance I can 🙂

So I rang the police again after seeing your post this morning and I had to go through 101 instead and now I have an incident report number so that’s good. I also shared the information with them so now I guess I just have to sit tight and wait. I REALLY hope it all gets sorted out tonight because of the fact she should be moving to Sheffield at some point this week starting from tomorrow.

Ah, that's useful - I'm glad you've got that 🙂 Waiting must feel terribly nerve-wracking, but I do believe you've done the right thing at every stage, here, and well done for that! 🙂
I hope sincerely that all this can come to a speedy resolution - or partial resolution, just the knowledge that she'll be able to safely stay in this country. If you get any updates, do let us know - if you want to, of course.

I have no problem with sharing updates. If anything, the more updates I share the easier it will be for her to find my account if she gets back onto TSR since this thread will stay at the top.
The police rang me today and asked for screenshots of our conversations since they're struggling to find her. Of course the messages are all deleted since her account is deleted so instead I had to find any relevant post of hers and I just made a PDF of the page and sent them to the police. She's said enough things in those posts for the police to be able to find out who she is through the university but of course I don't know any of the backend difficulties they might be facing. She should be moving to Sheffield this week so that's probably not helpful but at least the police are doing something and I think as long as they can figure out exactly who she is and get her details then they should be able to find her regardless of where she moves to since they should also be able to figure out who her parents are and so on, allowing them to figure out where they've moved to in Sheffield.
Not the best update but not the worst either. Let's hope they can find out everything they need to know tomorrow. Also, I didn't get a response to the email I sent them so let's hope they have received the email and if not then hopefully they call me tomorrow and let me know rather than just waiting.
As always, hopefully she's okay and does reach out to me again on this app but the likelihood of that is very low.
It's so ironic because her original post that I replied to was titled "Help Please", I can't remember if it was in capitals but the wording was the same and now I've come full circle asking for help on here as well regarding her. The irony. I know I'm just yapping on at this point but I honestly doubt that the people who created TSR ever expected it to be used for this.

Oh, I never knew that would happen if someone deleted their account - I just assumed one would be able to keep the messages one had received, but the sender's name would change to "Deleted" or "User19303483", or something; that is frustrating. Do your sent messages to her still show up? I only ask in case you had quoted her at any point (as in, literally quoted her, in order to comment on a particular part of her message, or as in the TSR quote function), or whether there might be useful information within your own messages that you could have forgotten about - but I appreciate that this is a reach.
The PDF of her posts is very sensible - hopefully it'll give them what they need to find her; and I agree with you that once they do have her name and identity, the move to Sheffield shouldn't present much of a further challenge. There will be documents of all sorts involved in that - I don't know what police procedure would be, or which bit of a paper trail they would follow, but when you move house you need to update the NHS, your bank, the electoral register, and so on.
It's very good to know that they are trying, even if it's taking much longer than you'd have hoped, and I'm very glad they're keeping you in the loop 🙂 Sorry, what was your E-Mail about - just giving further details, or asking as to the police's progress? I hope you get a reply soon.
I do understand how you're feeling, I think. My own situation was a little similar - TSR seemed an unusual place for all the drama and worry that was unfolding. I hope tomorrow yields good news 🙂

I was messaging using the mobile app so never quoted her. They rang me yesterday and gave me an email to send the screenshots on which is what I sent the pdf's of the posts on. They didn't ring me at all today so they must have gotten them. Hopefully they make progress soon but it seems like not much happened today.
I'm thinking the same as you, as soon as they have an identity then they should be able to easily track her down no matter where they take her.
No call today
I hope she's okay and I really hope I get a call with some good news tomorrow but I guess patience is key. Only issue is that in my mind it seems like such a simple and straight forward process but once again I don't know what's going on in the background so who knows what issue's they're having even though I've given quite a lot of detail about her. The university should also still have her on their database because it's not likely that they've deleted her information this quickly.
She should be in Sheffield by Friday so that's probably just going to make the process even lengthier.

Ah, okay, I see. I'm sorry it's been a slow day, and one that didn't yield anything helpful.
At least the fact you've made the police aware of everything means that her information is all in the system, as it were. That way, if ever another person reported something (say someone saw an anxious young woman at the airport, seemingly going somewhere against her will with her parents - not that I mean to worry you by mentioning that, just purely as an example), that report might connect up with yours, and they'd know exactly what the matter was.
I do hope she's okay, too. If they are moving to Sheffield, at least her parents will very likely be focusing on the move for the next few weeks, and unpacking and everything, and hopefully they'll temporarily drop this wish of theirs for her to go off and get married. There's plenty of time for the police to be able to intervene before any actual visit to the airport occurs 🙂 I know what you mean - it seems as though it should be straightforward, but then there must be lots of moving parts behind the scenes.
I hope you get a call tomorrow, and a good update 🙂

Let’s hope she’s okay. At least the police are aware of everything.
As for today, no update from the police. Hopefully they call tomorrow since it’s been 2 weeks since I heard from her now.
I guess it’s just a waiting game now. I’ll keep you updated if I hear from the police.

Police rang me not long ago.
They managed to get all of our messages through TSR.
They’ve tried everything they can but they can’t seem to find her. Seems to be that she didn’t say her real name. Still leaves the uni and grades and course change etc but it’s not looking too good.
I guess it is what it is. Doubt they’ll find her but oh well, I did what I could.