Our daughter, 19, suddenly disappeared on night out with pal – then cops RAIDED our house twice ‘looking for a body’

POLICE officers raided a household location aggregate times during the hunt for a missing teen earlier her assemblage was recovered successful a lake, The Sun tin reveal.

Reagan Brown, 19, disappeared connected the evening of May 6 aft gathering a person astatine Leazes Park successful Newcastle.

They had been sitting connected a seat erstwhile Reagan went down immoderate bushes for a wee astir 9.30pm but ne'er came back.

Her remains were recovered 2 days later.

Reagan’s parents Frank and Teena Brown person criticised cops for their deficiency of connection amid the case, describing however they “begged” Northumbria Police for updates.

Two arrests person been made arsenic the force’s inquiries proceed - though constabulary accidental they bash not judge the decease itself was suspicious.

Officers searched their location successful Hexham doubly successful the hours aft the teen was reported missing.

Teena claimed: “They adjacent had drones pursuing america about.”

Frank said cops raided the location connected May 7 and 8, adding: “They were really present erstwhile they got the connection they’d pulled a assemblage from the lake.”

'THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A BODY'

The mates accidental they had been told to enactment astatine location successful lawsuit Reagan abruptly turned up alive.

Referring to the raids, Teena said: “They were looking for a body…I’m being honest.

“They were looking for letters to spot if it had been a suicide. They were looking successful the bushes and successful bins and stuff.

“I really said ‘oh my god, you’re looking for a body’. They were saying ‘we’ve got to’. And I get that…they fishy the household first.”

The devastated parents - who besides stock kids Shaina, 25, and Tyler, 18 - are appealing for anyone who whitethorn person seen anything, and are convinced their girl was attacked.

Referring to the police, Frank said: “They are trying to archer america it’s an accident."

However, connected 1 juncture erstwhile an serviceman came to the house, Frank says helium said: "Come on, bash you not deliberation there’s thing dodgy going connected here?"

And helium claims the serviceman "looked astatine us" past said: "Yeah, we bash but our hands are tied."

Frank added: “What does that mean? Your hands are tied, you’re the police.”

Teena said: “I deliberation determination was foul play. There has to beryllium idiosyncratic that knows something. It was a nice, beauteous night. They’re saying she drowned. She’s 5ft 8, the h2o lone goes up to her chest. She tin swim.

“There’s nary existent successful this lake. There’s nary large food that could devour her oregon propulsion her under, arsenic acold arsenic I’m aware, it’s crazy.”

The mates accidental they person asked cops if they tin person entree to CCTV to scour it themselves and person adjacent suggested doing a reconstruction to “jog people’s memories”.

“They said they were going to bash one, but thing has happened,” said Teena.

They adjacent assertion constabulary confirmed a assemblage had been recovered successful the hunt for Reagan connected Facebook earlier adjacent informing them.

Frank said: “They’ve told america not to enactment thing connected societal media oregon to impact the press, but we recovered retired connected societal media that it was Reagan’s body…

“The liaison serviceman drove backmost to the location due to the fact that they were fuming. They said this ne'er happens. It was starting to consciousness a spot personal.”

Teena besides said nary of Reagan’s belongings person been returned to them, including a necklace.

“They ended up losing her stuff,” she explained. “They accidental they’ve recovered it now, including her necklace, but we haven’t seen anything.”

Frank added: “She turned up astatine the ceremonial location conscionable successful a shroud, and the ceremonial manager said that’s unheard of arsenic well.”

The mates person adjacent had to contend with a troll - who seemingly knew Reagan - making disparaging remarks connected societal media.

Frank said: “He started putting photos up of Reagan’s coffin with laughing faces each implicit it and saying however embarrassing it was and cringey...

“I ended up having a full speech astir it with him and helium was conscionable a horrible quality being.”

He reported the antheral to the police. He said: “They didn’t bash thing astir that. I thought that was a transgression nowadays.”

Teena said: “We conscionable consciousness similar determination has to beryllium idiosyncratic retired determination that knows thing oregon heard of something, oregon immoderate small snippet of anything.

“I privation we hadn’t listened to the constabulary and we’d conscionable enactment an entreaty retired determination astatine the start. It’s my biggest regret ever.”

Describing the nighttime Reagan went missing, Teena said she’d been astatine enactment each time earlier gathering her friend.

“The adjacent happening we cognize we get a telephone telephone from the person and she says she can’t find Reagan and she’s gone missing and that’s that,” she explained.

“The constabulary had been phoned. I deliberation this was fractional 10 connected the Monday night. Reagan had possibly gone to the toilet astatine fractional 9 and her person had waited an hour.”

They recognize determination is small CCTV sum of the park, but that it would’ve inactive been rather airy portion Reagan was there.

Frank said: “The full of the apical of her caput was blue, you couldn’t miss her.”

Teena said: “It was excessively bully of a night, you don’t conscionable locomotion into shallow h2o and drown. She would person to person been thrashing about. How did cipher perceive that? There’s stateless radical that unrecorded successful that park. Has everyone adjacent been asked?”

Do you cognize more? Contact Frank and Teena astatine justice4reagan@mail.com

Teena said: “I consciousness similar they (the police) are trying to adjacent the case, but we’re arguing however tin you bash that erstwhile we person truthful galore unanswered questions. I genuinely judge witnesses volition travel forward.”

She said it was “totally surreal” aft proceeding Reagan was missing, arsenic it was wholly retired of quality for her not to support them informed of what she was doing.

The mates ruled retired termination arsenic their girl was moving astatine Tesco to prevention up for going traveling successful Australia adjacent twelvemonth and planned to bargain a horse.

Teena said: “I don’t privation radical to deliberation she was conscionable a young lass drinking successful the park… She was a beauteous miss and had her full beingness up of her.”

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."

The unit did not privation to remark further regarding the family's claims.