A HEARTBROKEN mum has made a desperate appeal for help in finding her missing daughter’s body.
Natalie Jenkins, 32, disappeared in December 2019 and is feared to have been murdered.
In 2021 Cleveland Police arrested five people in connection with the case but they were released without charge.
Natalie, from Thornaby, was seen on CCTV walking towards Albert Park, on Park Road South in Middlesbrough, at 11.38pm on December 10, 2019.
It is believed she was still in this area in the early hours of the following day.
She is was last seen wearing dark coloured fur-lined boots, a dark coloured coat, white hat, trousers and a light coloured top.
Natalie is described as white, of very slim build, around 5ft 5ins tall, with a fair complexion and straight brown hair.
She has hazel eyes, a missing front tooth and two tattoos – one saying SWANN on her neck and another on her wrist saying SWANNY.
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Mum Sylvia Jenkins has made several public appeals for help in finding her missing daughter.
Today – the latest anniversary of Natalie going missing – her mum shared heartbreaking photos of her daughter growing up.
She said: “This will be our fifth Christmas without Natalie. Somebody knows what happened to Natalie, someone knows where Natalie is.
“All we want, as a family, is closure. All we want is to lay Natalie to rest.”
Tragically, Sylvia has also lost her two sons at young ages.
Eldest son Anthony died in 2004 aged just 24 after falling from a balcony at his home in Thornaby.
While youngest son Neville died aged 38 in 2021 of diabetic ketoacidosis.
Sylvia accepts Natalie has also died.
She said: “All I want is my little girl to be buried with her brothers.”
Natalie’s boyfriend has also died since her disappearance, and Sylvia believes any chance of finding out what might have happened like vanished with him.
She claims he knew information about her daughter’s death but “was too frightened”.
Sylvia added: “I don’t even care if justice isn’t done. I just want my little Natalie’s body.”
Natalie suffered with a heroin addiction. Her mum described her as a “lovely, kind girl” who “took the wrong road but always had our support and our love”.
She said she will continue to appeal each year for the rest of her life, and said cops have told her Natalie’s is at the top of the list for potential cold case reviews.
Anyone who may have information in relation to Natalie’s disappearance can call Cleveland Police on 101, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
