UK student sparks police search for skipping Christmas

London: A British university student reported as missing after skipping a family Christmas has apparently sent Facebook posts saying she is alive and well and just embarrassed that her mother called the police.

London’s Metropolitan Police launched a search on Monday saying 21-year-old Isabel Gayther was last seen at her student residence on Saturday and had not visited her family’s home on Christmas Day as planned.

“This is extremely out of character for her and officers and her family are extremely concerned for her safety and wellbeing,” the police said on Monday. “It is believed Isabel has her phone with her but it is unreachable,” the police statement added. Facebook posts on the account used by Gayther, under the name Isabela Mishele, appeared on Tuesday.