Sister’s appeal to find missing midwife
THE sister of a midwife who went missing eight days ago has made a tearful appeal for help in tracing her, saying: “We need you home where you belong.”
Samantha Eastwood was last seen in her uniform leaving work at Royal Stoke Hospital at 7.45am last Friday.
Her younger sister, Gemma, said the missing 28-year-old was “a happy, bubbly and smiley woman” as she appealed for any information about her “best friend and partner in crime”.
“Without her, half of me has gone,” she said.
“If she’s out there, or anyone knows where she is, please get in touch.”
Ms Eastwood’s colleagues raised concerns at 7.20pm last Friday after she failed to show up for her shift.
A 32-year-old Stoke man was arrested in connection with the disappearance but has since been released under investigation, Staffordshire Police said.
Speaking at the force’s headquarters, Gemma Eastwood said: “Samantha, if you are listening, please get in touch.
“We all love you and miss you very much. We just need you home where you belong.
“Samantha is a fantastic woman and friend. She is warm, friendly, loyal, kind and generous with a great sense of humour. And whoever she is with she will always make their times together fun.”
Ms Eastwood is about 5ft 3in and of medium build, with shoulder-length ginger hair.