British backpacker missing in Thailand ‘found’
Thai police say they have found Grace Taylor who alarmed her parents with a panicked phone call home /
By Chiara Palazzo, and Philip Sherwell in Bangkok
telegraph.co.uk reported
British backpacker Grace Taylor has been found shortly after sparking an international search according to Thai tourist police.
Sam Taylor, the mother of the 21-year-old backpacker, had appealed to the backpacking community on Facebook in the hope of locating her young daughter. Read Article
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