Police have issued an update after a dad went missing with his three-year-old daughter.
Lancashire Police have confirmed Autumn has now been found safe and well, outside her home address in Blackpool. Her dad, Simon Cooney, from Preston, remains wanted.
The 35-year-old is being sought by officers for an assault which occurred in a car in Blackpool at around 4am on Bank Holiday Monday. A woman was punched to the face and had her hand bitten during the assault, before she ran from the vehicle.
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Police have confirmed they are continuing to appeal for information about where Cooney may be. Insp Jon Campbell-Smith, of Blackpool Police, said: "As always we are grateful to members of the public who phoned us with information or shared our appeal for us.
"We are also incredibly relieved that Autumn has since turned up outside her home address and is safe and well.
"We still want to locate Simon Cooney as part of our enquiries into an assault this morning and are asking anyone who knows where he is, or who has seen him, not to approach him but to call us straight away."
He is described as white, approximately 6ft tall, of slim build, with a shaven head and a beard. He has links to both Blackpool and Preston. Anybody with information should call 101, quoting log 211 of August 28th. For immediate sightings please call 999.
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