Daughter of missing Leeds man Anthony Crosswaite urges dad to come home in emotional appeal

The daughter of missing Leeds man Anthony Crosswaite has issued an emotional appeal to try and trace her dad.

Anthony was reported missing just before midnight on Sunday, August 21. West Yorkshire Police have issued an appeal to help find Anthony who was last seen at his home in Rothwell around 8pm yesterday.

Anthony's daughter, Keelie Crosswaite spoke to LeedsLive urging her dad to come home, saying the family are worried for his safety. Keelie found out her dad was missing in the early hours of this morning after she received a call from another family member. Police were informed about his disappearance after he made a threat to his own life, his daughter says.

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Keelie said: "He made his last phone call to his girlfriend at 12am last night. Police have said there was no activity going out from his phone since and the last signals were between Tingley roundabout and Carr Gate, it's stayed in the same spot all day.

"Police sent the drones out at 3pm again today and there was a big police presence looking for him. Family and friends have been out searching for him since 7am this morning.

"It's so unusual for him, I've sent about 25 messages and he always usually responds saying he is OK, even if he was a bit down. There has just been no contact whatsoever, there is just no sign of him.

"If anybody sees him please get in touch straight away, we want to let him know that he is loved, we all love him and we want him to come home safe, everybody is just in absolute bits. It's awful."

Anthony is described as white, 5ft 6ins tall of a medium build, with short grey hair. He was last seen wearing a dark hoody with different colours across the chest, dark blue chino trousers and aqua and grey Adidas trainers.

Mr Crosswaite also has two swallow bird tattoos on either side of his neck. Anyone who has seen him or who has any information that could assist in tracing him is asked to contact Leeds District CID via 101 quoting log 1988 of August 21.

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