Libby Squire – Cops recover lipgloss, hammer and screwdriver as mum says student, 21, DID make it home before vanishing
Forensic teams were seen taking the items away in cases as the mystery around the 21-year-old's sudden disappearance deepened.
News of the discoveries came after her mum insisted her daughter DID get home after a night out with friends and pals said cops found a phone in her bedroom.
Libby was reported missing after leaving the Welly club in Hull around 11pm and getting into a taxi.
According to Hull Live, the student did not actually enter the club as she was "turned away by door staff who thought she was too drunk".
It's claimed Libby – who is in her second year at the University of Hull, studying a joint honours degree of Philosophy and Religion – got out of the taxi at Haworth Street and walked to a bench. She was later seen by a motorist on Beverley Road near the junction with Beresford Avenue around 11.45pm.
On Sunday afternoon, police investigating her disappearance said they now believe the missing student was spotted at 12.05am.
Now, responding to comments made online in relation to why her daughter got out of the cab before reaching her student accommodation, mum Lisa Squire insisted her daughter got home before she vanished.
According to the Mirror, she said: "She got out of the taxi at her house. She was home.. simple."
Her disappearance does not seem real and it feels like something out of a movie
The mum's claims come as a friend of the young student said police had recovered a mobile phone from Libby's bedroom.
Friend Ryan Tweddle said: "On Thursday night she was a bit drunk and she was hugging everyone saying it was nice the group was back together."
He said that when he had gone to get cash and when he got to the Welly she had not made it in and was in a taxi home.
He added: “Her disappearance does not seem real and it feels like something out of a movie […] Police came yesterday and took some items, such as a phone, from her room."
Another close friend Lauren Goodman said Libby "didn't have her phone with her that night".
As the search continues for the missing student today, forensic investigators have been pictured recovering items just 40 yards from where the 21-year-old was last seen.
According to the Mirror, the lipgloss was found in the undergrowth while the screwdriver was tubed and taken away by investigators "as a precaution".
Previously, mum Lisa made a desperate plea for her return on Facebook.
"I'm broken without my pie. Libby Squire come home," she said.
POSSIBLE SIGHTING
Humberside Police believe Libby may have been seen after midnight on the night she went missing, according to a new statement and cops are asking for anyone who may have been on Haworth Street – walking or in a vehicle – between 11.30pm on Thursday night and 12.30am to get in touch. .
Detective Superintendent Simon Gawthorpe said: "There are a number of leads we are following up and I want to offer my thanks to everyone who has come forward with information, your help has been invaluable.
"We're trying to trace Libby's steps and piece together her movements that night. We know she got into a taxi outside the Welly Club on Beverley Road at around 11pm on Thursday.
"Libby got out of the taxi a short while later near her home address on Wellesley Avenue, but was later seen on CCTV on Beverley Road, close to the junction with Haworth Street at around 11.45pm.
"We now believe she may have been seen 20 minutes later on Beresford Avenue at around 12.05am.
"We're keen to speak to anyone who may have been on Haworth Street, which is almost adjacent to Beresford Avenue, between 11.30pm and 12.30am as part of this line of enquiry, to understand Libby's movements that night.
"We have specialist teams again out today carrying out searches and we are working with Humberside Fire and Rescue and the Coastguard, who will be around the River Hull."
He continued: "I completely understand people will want to help with the searches, but I would please ask that you instead continue to help us by coming forward with any information, no matter how small or insignificant you think it may be, as it could link together with information we already have and help us to find Libby.
"We need your help with information to piece together Libby's movements, to find her and return her home safely to her family."
Libby is described as 5ft 7ins tall with shoulder length brown hair and was wearing a black long sleeved top, leather jacket and black jeans when she was last seen.
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting log 29 of 01/02/19.
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