An Ananda Alert has been activated for 17-year-old Samantha Robinson, ward of the City of Refuge Children Home in Mavis Bank, St Andrew, who has been missing since Thursday, October 23.

She is of dark complexion, medium build and is about 160 centimetres (5 feet 3 inches) tall.

Reports from the Mavis Bank police are that Samantha was last seen about 7 a.m. in the Papine area dressed in her school uniform; cream skirt, cream blouse, green belt, white socks and a pair of black shoes. She has not been heard from since. Several subsequent efforts to contact her have so far proven futile.

Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Samantha Robinson is being asked to contact the Mavis Bank police at 977-8004, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.