Missing teen Holly Whalan: Urgent search for 14-year-old NSW girl believed to be with two older men in QLD

Max Corstorphan
The Nightly
An urgent search has been launched for missing teen Holly Whalan.
An urgent search has been launched for missing teen Holly Whalan. Credit: Facebook

An urgent search has been launched for a 14-year-old girl from NSW, with police and family pleading for public assistance after her social media was “deactivated” and people trying to contact her have been “blocked”.

Holly Whalan was last seen around 12.15pm on Sunday near High Street, Warialda, which is situated around 350kms north west of Coffs Harbour in NSW.

When Holly was unable to be contacted, her parents alerted New England Police, and investigations began.

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NSW Police say Holly “may be in the company of two men, aged 22 and 24”.

“Investigations indicate Holly may (have) been in Woodridge, QLD, about 11.50pm last night,” a NSW Police statement said.

“Police and family have concerns due to her age.”

On Facebook, Holly’s mother, Kahlia Whalan, said she was “extremely worried” and that Holly’s Facebook account had been “deactivated”.

“Our daughter is missing,” she wrote on social media.

“We believe she has been taken out of Warialda.”

Adding to Ms Whalan’s concern, she revealed the when people have tried to contact Holly, they have been “blocked immediately”.

“Anyone who tries to contact her is blocked immediately,” she wrote

“Her Facebook has been deactivated.

“We are extremely worried for her safety. Please help us bring our baby home.

“If you know something, do the right thing and tell us immediately

Holly is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 160cm tall, with shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes

Police say she was last seen wearing a white crop top and black and white tights.

NSW Police believe she may be travelling in either a 2015 blue Mitsubishi Lancer, QLD registration 741JD9, or a 2008 silver Audi A3 bearing QLD registration 344GJ6.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or Crime Stoppers NSW online.

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