- YouTube star Marina Joyce, who has 2.1 million followers, has been missing for 10 days, police said.
- Her boyfriend posted a statement on Instagram saying she is safe and well.
- But police are searching anyway, they told the BBC.
- Joyce has a history of odd behaviour that generates weird conspiracy theories.
YouTube star Marina Joyce, who has 2.1 million followers on the video platform, has been missing for 10 days, police in London said. But her boyfriend posted a statement on Instagram insisting that nothing was wrong. “ Please don’t worry about her as she is safe and well,” he said.
It is not clear why police are continuing their search. London police told the BBC they were continuing the search despite Brandon Mehmed’s insistence that “everyone who thinks I’m acting ‘suspicious’ are only misinformed.”
Her last video was posted on June 21, titled “How I care for my hair.”
Joyce, 22, was last seen on July 31, police told the London Evening Standard:
“Marina Joyce, 22, was reported missing to police on Wednesday, 7 August.”
“It was reported she was last seen on 31 July.”
“Enquiries are underway to try and locate her.”
“Anyone with information is asked to call police in the North Area Command Unit on 101 and quote ref: 19MIS031063″.”
The charity Missing People has also put out a call to find Joyce, who lives in North London.
Joyce’s videos are mostly about her hair, outfits and makeup. But her occasionally odd demeanour, and her slightly forced manner of speaking, have previously led some to speculate — falsely — that she is being held against her will.
In 2016, her fans dissected one of her videos to produce a conspiracy theory that she was being imprisoned by ISIS. The police visited her to check that she was OK.
Obviously, she turned out to be fine.
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