UK tourist, 21, 'last seen meeting man at airport' vanishes during solo trip
The family became worried when they realised she never checked into her hostel.
A British tourist has mysteriously vanished while on a solo trip to the US. Katherine Esther Gamboa Kerwood travelled to California for what was meant to be a week-long sightseeing break but alarm bells were raised when her family, from Portsmouth, discovered she had never checked into the hostel - after a text was sent stating she had on the same day.
The 21-year-old was last heard from on Friday, and when worried relatives asked to speak to her on the phone, she allegedly stopped responding altogether. Loved ones have since stated that it is unusual for her to go quiet and not update them. She was last seen on CCTV at San Francisco International Airport with a man who she had first met in the UK, NeedToKnow reports.
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Kerwood arrived on March 31 and had planned to visit several locations during her trip, including Sacramento, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, San Francisco and Santa Cruz.
The circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain unclear.
Authorities in the UK have been informed about the disappearance, with police in San Francisco now launching a search for the young woman amid growing concern for her welfare.
Her information has been uploaded to a statewide law enforcement database by officials to alert officers across California.
Her return flight home is scheduled for Wednesday, April 8.
