Map reveals last known footsteps of missing Australian backpacker, 29, who vanished from UK hostel after ‘cryptic’ texts
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A MAP has revealed the last known footsteps of a missing Australian backpacker who vanished from a London hostel two weeks ago. Jessica Parkinson, 29, has not been seen since December 8 after sending a "cryptic" text to a colleague - with her family now desperate to hear from her.
Jessica was reported missing by her father on December 11 after not making contact with relatives in Queensland. She had recently been evicted from her flat and had been living in St Christopher’s Inn hostel on Borough High Street where she was last seen.
![[Her family have not heard from her for two weeks]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jessica1.avif?strip=all&w=634)
Jessica failed to turn up to her shift at barbecue restaurant Texas Joes - where she had worked for the past year. When managers texted to ask where she was, she claimed to have got her start time wrong and promised to be "right there" by 5pm. But she failed to show and sent a "cryptic" text to a colleague later that evening.
![[The backpacker has not been seen since December 8, cops said]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jessica.avif?strip=all&w=634)
Restaurant owner Joe Walters told the Daily Mail that it was very out of character for Jessica to just go missing as she was normally "very reliable". He said: "Then she didn’t show up to work on Thursday and then when she didn’t show up on Friday I reached out to her father in Australia.
![[Jessica Parkinson's family is now frantically searching for her]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sending-friends-series-character-text-958392571.jpg?strip=all&w=617)
"He told me the police had been alerted and is being dealt with by the missing persons unit.". The 29-year-old had discussed travelling back to Australia for the holidays but none of her family or friends there have heard from her. Joe added: "She is very clever, outgoing and friendly.
![[A missing person poster for Jessica]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/sending-friends-series-character-text-958392664.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
