Posted April 11, 2025

A Detroit family is desperate for help in finding their teen who they believe could be in danger.

Seventeen-year-old London Thomas was last seen in Inkster, according to police. She has been missing since April 5. Inkster police and the FBI are now involved in the disappearance of 17-year-old London Thomas of Inkster. She was last seen Saturday morning.

"She’s such an amazing person, very talented, smart, outgoing, everybody love her. It’s just very odd, this whole situation. We’re just asking for help bringing her home right now," said her father, Cedric Salisbury.

London was last seen on Carlysle Street on Saturday morning before she disappeared. Her father said she may have been visiting an older man.

"I personally don’t know, but from my understanding, she was talking to a much older guy," he said. "And she’s a minor. And ever since that, we have no more clues or any details, but that was the last person she was known to be seen with."

Inkster police worked with Detroit police's Missing Persons Unit and the FBI to find her. Multiple police vehicles were seen on Carlysle Street Friday afternoon. London’s family has planned a search for Saturday at noon and is looking for volunteers. He says her phone last pinged near Cooper Elementary School in Westland.

"If someone is familiar with the area, we’d appreciate your help in trying to strategize where we can search. I would ask you to please come forward and contact the police and help us bring my daughter home. We all miss her. She has a big family, and it’s very troubling and hard on everyone right now. So please do anything you can to help us find her," he said.

UPDATE:

The search continues for 17-year-old London Thomas. Saturday, April 12, marked one week since she was last seen by her family. Thomas' father organized a community search party in Westland, Michigan, to look for her.

The search started at Cooper Upper Elementary School — the last known location of Thomas' phone. Dozens of family, friends and strangers helped with the search. "London is my best friend," Cedric Salisbury, Thomas' father, said. "She's a good kid. She's very talented. She's down to earth. Everybody loves her."

Salisbury says it's been more than a week since he last heard his daughter's voice. "This is abnormal behavior from my child. She always reaches out and lets us know she's okay," he said. On Friday, Thomas' mother and stepfather called the ordeal a nightmare. "I wouldn't wish this. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy," Jasma Bennett, Thomas' mother, said. Her father echoed those words. "I wouldn't wish this on anyone. It's the hardest thing I ever had to do in my life," Salisbury said.

A cemetery, mobile home park and residential homes surround the school with tall trees and overgrown brush on the other. "It's definitely creepy. I think we just need to step up to search even more," Salisbury said. Thomas was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black leggings and pink Crocs shoes. Her family vows they won't stop looking until she is found.

Crime Stoppers of Michigan is offering a $2,500 reward for information on Thomas' disappearance.