Girl found in ‘very disoriented state’ with ‘significant bruising’

A teenage girl was found ‘very disoriented’ and injured last Thursday, Lancashire Police have said.

The 13-year-old was found near a Tesco store in Leyland by a dog walker, at around 7:30pm on Thursday, October 5th.

In a state of distress, the man helped get her back home to her parents. 

She later told officers she had no memory of how she got the bruising or why she was so disoriented.

Police believe she may have been walking in the Canberra Road and King Street areas before being found.

The man was able to get the girl safely back to her parents, but did not leave his name.

The force is now urging the good Samaritan to give them a call, and for anybody who may have seen the girl between 5.30pm and 7.30pm to get in touch.

Officers are currently working to establish what happened and whether anything criminal took place.

The girl is described as white, of slim build, around 5ft tall with long brown hair, which was tied in a ponytail.

She was wearing pale blue shorts, a black Nike top and black, grey and pink trainers.

Detective Sergeant Andrew Causey, of Lancashire Police’s South Division, said: “We appreciate this is quite a vague appeal but the girl was injured and very confused, with little memory of the previous two hours, so we need to establish what has happened and ascertain whether anything criminal took place.

“She knows that around 5.30pm she met some friends close to Tesco but can remember very little from then until she was taken home.

“Anybody who saw her and can help us is asked to get in touch. Similarly, if anybody thinks they know who the good Samaritan was – or if they see this appeal – we would ask them to get in touch.”

 Members of the public who may have seen the girl are urged to call 101, quoting log 1548 of 5 October.