{"id":36840,"date":"2026-01-13T14:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=36840"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:36:44","slug":"appeal-to-locate-woman-missing-from-metford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/appeal-to-locate-woman-missing-from-metford\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal to locate woman missing from Metford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from the state\u2019s north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jade Wilson, aged 18, was last seen in Wakehurst Crescent, Metford, on Tuesday 16 December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she failed to return home and couldn\u2019t be located or contacted officers attached to Port Stephens\/Hunter Police District were contacted and commenced inquiries to locate her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police and family hold concerns for Jade\u2019s welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jade is described as being of Caucasian appearance, 165cm tall, of medium build, with dark hair. She wears glasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She usually wears tights and a jumper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from the state\u2019s north. Jade Wilson, aged 18, was last seen in Wakehurst Crescent, Metford, on Tuesday 16 December 2025. When she failed to return home and couldn\u2019t be located or contacted officers attached to Port Stephens\/Hunter Police District were contacted and commenced inquiries &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/appeal-to-locate-woman-missing-from-metford\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Appeal to locate woman missing from Metford&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36841,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36840\/revisions\/36841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}