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Police reveal latest update on missing North Queensland teen Tea Wright-Finger

Police have spent three weeks searching for a missing North Queensland teen as they reveal the latest update on their extensive search.

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Police have scaled back the extensive outback search for missing 19-year-old Tea Wright-Finger after three weeks.

The cattle station worker disappeared from Richmond, a five-hour drive west of Charters Towers, on October 19.

Police are searching for Tea Wright-Finger and this blue 2013 Toyota Prado 4WD with Queensland registration 210-TLA. Picture: QPS
Police are searching for Tea Wright-Finger and this blue 2013 Toyota Prado 4WD with Queensland registration 210-TLA. Picture: QPS

Police are now scaling back the search after an extensive operation involving aircraft, mustering helicopters, 4WD vehicles and grid foot-searches failed to locate any sign of the teen.

It comes after a stolen car was linked to her disappearance last week.

Tea Wright-Finger, 19, disappeared on October 16. Picture: Facebook.
Tea Wright-Finger, 19, disappeared on October 16. Picture: Facebook.

Tea Wright-Finger was last seen around 3pm in Coalbrook Road, Richmond, when she was dropped back at her blue Toyota Prado by a friend.

Neither Tea or the Prado with QLD registration plates 210-TLA have been seen since.

The investigation into her disappearance will continue on a smaller scale and police remain in close contact with Tea’s family.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts can make an anonymous report to Queensland Police via Crime Stoppers. Call 1800 333 000 or report online at crimestoppersqld.com.au. Quote this reference number: QP2 2017 959 40

Originally published as Police reveal latest update on missing North Queensland teen Tea Wright-Finger

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