A young girl who went missing in “challenging” terrain in Far North Queensland, Australia, posted a haunting TikTok ahead of her disappearance.
Tea Wright-Finger, 19, was last seen by a friend who dropped her off near her blue Toyota Prado 4WD on October 16 in Richmond, 310 miles west of Townsville.
The livestock station worker posted a TikTok video just under two weeks earlier, saying, “I’m not feeling too well, I want to go home.”
As Wright-Finger begins her ninth day missing, her loved ones grow more desperate.
A 434-mile search for the teen has yet to find anything, but police are focusing on the Flinders River area as their phone was briefly switched on there at 9:30 a.m. last Tuesday.
She hasn’t used her bank card since she was last seen.
Queensland Police said they were combing “challenging terrain” and dense riparian vegetation hoping to find Wright’s fingers “safe and well.”
“The search today and over the weekend is focused on analyzing some cell phone data,” said Inspector Damian Crosby, adding that police weren’t sure what happened to her.
Tea Wright’s finger has been missing for eight days. Queensland Police
“Obviously we are concerned for Tea’s well-being. We want to find them as soon as possible,” he added.
The missing teen’s mother, Tracy Wright, thanked the people who helped find her daughter.
“Richmond Police just called – they got a ping from Tea’s phone Tuesday and it was still in the Richmond area,” she wrote on Facebook Saturday.
Tea drove a blue 2013 Toyota Prado 4WD. Queensland Police
“It didn’t really start until Wednesday morning [voicemail].
“That’s why they have two helicopters again today, which are scanning all the streets and driving them again. They had quite a bit of rain so the gravel roads are very wet.
“They pinged their phone. If she turns it on or uses it, we can get a picture of where she is.”
The Mount Isa RACQ LifeFlight Rescue searched a 434-mile search area.
“I’m not feeling too well, I want to go home,” the teen wrote in a closing TikTok before her disappearance. The Queensland Police
THE SES and volunteers are also looking for her.
Wright-Finger has connections to the Northern Territory, Bundaberg in Queensland and the farms near Richmond.
She is white, 5ft 9in, medium height and has blonde or light brown hair.
She drove a blue 2013 Toyota Prado 4WD, registration number 210-TLA.
Anyone with information should contact Queensland Police.