Disappearance of Megan Stammers

Megan Stammers is a British teenager who disappeared on 21 September 2012 whilst travelling with school teacher Jeremy Forrest on a trip to France.
Background
Megan Stammers
Megan Stammers is the daughter of Danielle Wilson and an unamed biological father. She also has a stepfather.
Jeremy Forrest
Jeremy Forrest is the son of Jim Forrest. He is a passionate musician having played since the age of fourteen. Forrest moved to Ringmer, East Sussex with his wife. Forrest later became a teacher at the Bishop Bell School. Stammers later became friends with Forrest on Twitter and sent 47 tweets over a 25 day period in March 2012. It is believed that Forrest wrote a song about Stammers called Starsigns. On 30 March, Stammers wrote up a list of ambitions entitled "The Bucket List" which is named after the film of the same name. Stammers was attending after-school tuition for Mathemathics and Science. Forrest himself operates a blog. One of his blogs stated that his love for Stammers was like it had "hit him like heroin". A child protection expert wrote to Education Secretary Michael Gove expressing the concerns over the schools policy on protection.
Disappearance
At 4:30pm on 20 September, Stammers phoned her mother, and asked whether she would be allowed to stay overnight at a friend's house. Her mother agreed and Stammers picked up her dinner money. Stammers would later return to her home and left earlier the next day. The following morning, Wilson received a text message saying Stammers was not attending her classes. Instead, Stammers had travelled with Forrest to the Port of Dover to board a ferry to France. The couple boarded the ferry at 9:20pm in Forrest's black Ford Fiesta.
Reaction
On 24 September, Stammers mother made an emotional press conference asking her to return home. French police announced an "all motorways" alert with officers searching for the car. Forrest's father is also due to make an appeal to his son to return home. A European Arrest Warrant was sent for the arrest of Forrest for the offence of child aduction. The case is due to feature in an episode of Crimewatch on 27 September.

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