{"id":37705,"date":"2026-03-02T18:48:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=37705"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:48:45","slug":"appeal-to-locate-missing-teen-new-lambton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/appeal-to-locate-missing-teen-new-lambton\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal to locate missing teen \u2013 New Lambton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a teenage girl missing from the Newcastle area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Kaylani Thompson, aged 16, was last seen at a hospital on Lookout Road, New Lambton, about 2pm yesterday (Sunday 1 March 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Unable to be located or contacted since, officers attached to Newcastle City Police District were notified and commenced inquiries into her whereabouts.<br>Family and police hold concerns for Kaylani\u2019s welfare as she requires regular medication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Kaylani\u2019s described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 150-160cm tall, of slim build, with pink\/red coloured hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>She was last seen wearing black tracksuit pants, a white singlet with white and a navy striped cardigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Kaylani is believed to frequents the Raymond Terrace and Gosford areas.<br>Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au: <a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\">https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/<\/a> Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a teenage girl missing from the Newcastle area. Kaylani Thompson, aged 16, was last seen at a hospital on Lookout Road, New Lambton, about 2pm yesterday (Sunday 1 March 2026). Unable to be located or contacted since, officers attached to Newcastle City Police District were notified and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/appeal-to-locate-missing-teen-new-lambton\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Appeal to locate missing teen \u2013 New Lambton&#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-37705","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\/37705","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=37705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37706,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37705\/revisions\/37706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}