The reward for helping find missing woman Leah Croucher has been doubled to £20,000 - more than two years after her disappearance.
Leah, 19 when she went missing, was last seen on the morning of February 15, 2019, shortly after leaving her house in Emerson Valley, Bucks., on her way to work.
Months after Leah's disappearance, two anonymous donors approached the investigation team from Buckinghamshire Police, offering a combined £10,000 reward for information in the search for Leah.
And now, a month after the two-year anniversary of Leah's disappearance, police have confirmed that further offers of financial support have been made - bringing the reward total to £20,000.
Leah's family said: "We are extremely grateful to the local businesses that have donated towards the reward for the safe return of our beautiful daughter, Leah.
"The kindness of strangers, willing to offer their own money to help us find the answers we desperately need, is humbling beyond words.
"Thank you is not strong enough to convey our gratitude.
"We can only hope that the doubling of the reward amount will yield results and finally lead to information allowing us to find what happened to Leah that fateful day.
"There are still so many questions and barely any answers.
"We are asking you to please share this information far and wide, so that everyone is aware of the increase to £20,000.
"During these times of Covid crisis, we hope that the person or persons who have the information we need will now finally come forward and inform the police."
And Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector Andy Howard, said: "I can confirm that the reward for information that directly leads us to locating Leah has increased to £20,000.
"I am incredibly grateful, as I know Leah's family are, and would like to thank all the donors for their contributions in offering this reward.
"We hope [this] will encourage anyone with the right piece of information to come forward and speak to us.
"Since Leah went missing on 15th February 2019 there has been a fantastic response from the public, and particularly the local community in Milton Keynes.
"These donations show how committed the local community are to helping find Leah and providing the answers that her family need and deserve.
"Hopefully this is the incentive that somebody out there needs to come forward.
"Our investigation into Leah's disappearance remains open, and we are committed to finding her and bringing her back safely to her family."
Anyone who has information on this case is asked to contact 101 quoting reference number 43190049929, or Operation Dawlish.
Alternatively, reports can be made online via the dedicated website for this investigation: https://mipp.police.uk/operation/43H218A55-PO1/.
