The family of a woman who fear she has gone missing are desperate for any information about her whereabouts.

Claire Spargo, 43, was last heard from in October 2003 when her family reported her missing from her home in Croydon.

She was found on October 24, 2003, and the missing report was closed.

A member of her immediate family was informed at the time.

However, her family in New Zealand have not heard from her since then and are very keen to contact her.

Miss Spargo is related to the late Maori opera singer and New Zealand carver Inia Te Wiata.

Her father, Richard Spargo, was a singer and entertainer based in Surfers Paradise, Australia, until his death in the early 1990s.

Miss Spargo’s uncle, Ian Russell said: “I am one of her many uncles from New Zealand and her family here would like news of her disappearance and whether she has now in fact been found.

“We met Claire after finding out her existence about seven or eight years ago and she had a brief trip to New Zealand to meet her whanau (extended family).

“We lost touch with her about 18 months after she went home.”

Miss Spargo is 5ft 4in, slim, has olive skin, brown curly hair and blue or green eyes and is known to frequent Brixton, Streatham and Croydon.

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