'Our daughter went to toilet and was found dead two days later - it is foul play'

Reagan Brown's assemblage was recovered successful a water successful Leazes Park successful Newcastle past May aft she disappeared erstwhile going down a bush for a "wee" and her household are hopeless for answers implicit what happened

Parents of a teen whose assemblage was recovered successful a parkland two days aft going down a bush for a “wee” judge determination was "foul play" arsenic they question answers from the police.

Reagan Brown disappeared connected the evening of May 6 aft gathering a person successful Leazes Park successful Newcastle and was tragically recovered dormant successful a water 2 days later.

Parents Frank and Katrina Brown said their lives person ne'er been the aforesaid since losing their 2nd child, who dreamed of travelling the world 1 day. Katrina, who is besides mum to Shaina, 25, and Tyler, 18, 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, Northumberland, accidental they person nary thought what happened to Reagan that evening successful May - and judge determination whitethorn beryllium foul play involved.

Northumbria Police said they were carrying retired a afloat investigation, which remains ongoing and 2 radical person been arrested. An inquest is yet to beryllium held to found the origin of death.

"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,” the parents told ChronicleLive. "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 added: "Reagan was conscionable a lovely, family-orientated, benignant and genuine girl. She wanted to prevention up wealth to spell travelling, she kept talking astir Australia and America. Please travel guardant adjacent if you don't privation to get successful interaction with the police, conscionable get successful interaction with us. It could beryllium thing truthful tiny but it whitethorn beryllium monolithic to us. We judge determination are witnesses retired there."

Now, the household are urging anyone with immoderate accusation to interaction constabulary oregon the household straight 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."