Parents tell of missing student’s ‘big heart’

THE PARENTS of missing student Libby Squire, inset, have spoken about their daughter nearly two weeks after she disappeared.

Lisa and Russ Squire said the 21-year-old “has a big heart” and is “much loved” by her three younger siblings as they issued new pictures through Humberside Police.

Fifty detectives and hundreds of uniformed officers have been working around the clock to try to find the University of Hull student, who was reported missing on February 1.

Yesterday, Mr and Mrs Squire, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, said: “Libby is a muchloved big sister to her three younger siblings. They all really look up to her and she always expects them to behave. “Libby has a big heart. She is always happy and having fun. She laughs a lot. She is a real family person and loves spending time at home with them.”

The new photographs show Miss Squire at home on Christmas Day last year and in Paris in May 2017 when she visited with friends during a gap year.

The search for Miss Squire entered its 13th day on Wednesday and saw police divers from the regional marine and underwater search unit searching beneath the surface of the pond at Oak Road Playing Fields, near her home on Wellesley Avenue, in Hull. Miss Squire is believed to have taken a taxi from The Welly nightclub on Beverley Road, after she was refused entry on the evening of January 31.