Mystery deepens over teen girl who vanished on night out after ‘going for wee behind bush’ – then was found dead in lake

MYSTERY inactive surrounds the tragic decease of a 19-year-old pistillate who was recovered dormant successful a parkland six months ago.

Reagan Brown disappeared connected the evening of May 6 aft gathering a person astatine Leazes Park successful Newcastle.

She was tragically recovered dormant 2 days aboriginal successful a lake, it is understood.

Parents Frank and Katrina Brown said their lives person ne'er been the aforesaid since losing their 2nd child, who dreamed of travelling the satellite 1 day.

Katrina, who is besides mum to 25-year-old Shaina Brown and 18-year-old Tyler Brown, said the household inactive person unanswered questions astir what happened to their daughter.

The store adjunct claims constabulary haven't been successful interaction regularly with updates, contempt household members "begging" for answers.

The parents, who unrecorded successful Hexham, Northumbria, accidental they person nary thought what happened to Reagan that evening successful May - and judge determination whitethorn beryllium foul play involved.

Frank and Katrina are present desperately appealing for accusation to assistance observe what happened to their much-loved daughter.

Northumbria Police said they were carrying retired a afloat investigation, which remains ongoing.

An inquest is yet to beryllium held to found the origin of death.

Katrina said: "On the time that it happened, Reagan was astatine enactment and went to spell conscionable a person afterwards successful Leazes Park.

"We've been told that they were conscionable sitting astir chatting and Reagan went to person a wee down a bush.

"Then we get a telephone telephone astatine 10.30pm astatine nighttime from the friend, frantic, to accidental Reagan had gone missing - that she went for a wee an hr ago.

"She often went to that parkland to conscionable up with friends. It was a bully summer's nighttime and it was airy outside.

"When we got that telephone call, we thought thing atrocious had happened.

"Even though Reagan was 19 she would ever telephone america and fto america cognize she was going to beryllium precocious if she was out, that's the benignant of miss she was.

"So erstwhile she wasn't getting successful interaction and didn't travel location that night, we knew thing atrocious had happened."

Frank and Katrina instantly feared the worst erstwhile constabulary began searching for their missing daughter.

And 2 days later, their worst fears were confirmed erstwhile they received a telephone to accidental a assemblage had been recovered successful the parkland and, devastatingly, it was Reagan.

Katrina said: "It was heart-wrenching. I don't cognize if it was my mother's intuition, but I conscionable knew it was Reagan.

"She conscionable wasn't the benignant of miss that would enactment retired each nighttime and not get successful touch."

Frank said: "I was inactive holding onto a shred of anticipation that it mightiness not beryllium her."

But six months since her assemblage was discovered, Katrina and Frank, who judge their girl drowned, said they're nary nearer to knowing precisely what happened.

Katrina: "How did she spell from going for a wee, to going invisible, to falling into the lake? The h2o lone goes up to her chest, there's nary existent successful it and she tin swim.

"Surely she would've been shouting for assistance but cipher heard anything. There's truthful galore unanswered questions.

"She didn't conscionable locomotion into that water and drown, thing happened. In my opinion, I consciousness determination was foul play.

"Of people it could've conscionable been an mishap but we don't know, there's nary grounds of anything."

The household assertion constabulary haven't been successful regular interaction with them astir the case, and accidental Reagan has "just go a lawsuit number".

Katrina said: "The constabulary don't get successful interaction oregon fto america cognize anything. We're telling them information, they're not telling america anything.

"In our sentiment they're conscionable trying to adjacent this case, but we inactive person truthful galore unanswered questions.

"I was begging them to get successful interaction with america with immoderate small spot of information, bully oregon bad, and they wouldn't adjacent bash that.

"We've been truthful fto down, we consciousness similar Reagan has conscionable go a lawsuit number.

"It's been six months and they're not immoderate person to knowing what has happened."

Frank said: "This is the archetypal happening I deliberation astir erstwhile I aftermath up, what I deliberation astir each day, and the past happening I deliberation astir earlier going to sleep.

"We deliberation the constabulary are trying to enactment it down arsenic a tragic mishap but we deliberation it's much than that.

"The spread volition ne'er beryllium filled again. It's perfectly devastating. We're ever looking for small signs of her. We conscionable privation justness for her."

Katrina described Reagan arsenic a family-orientated, benignant and genuine miss who wanted to prevention up wealth to spell travelling - peculiarly successful Australia and America.

Now, the household are urging anyone with immoderate accusation to interaction constabulary oregon the household straight astatine [email protected] to assistance uncover what truly happened to their daughter.

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "Our thoughts stay firmly with the household and friends of Reagan Brown pursuing her tragic decease successful May 2024.

"We are carrying retired a afloat probe into Reagan’s death, which remains ongoing.

"As portion of our enquiries 2 radical successful their 20s were arrested and are presently released nether investigation.

"One was arrested connected suspicion of being acrophobic successful the proviso of Class B drugs and the 2nd connected suspicion of threats to kill."