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Missing Sydney women: Two found but teen still missing

The two 21-year-old friends have been found, police have confirmed, but 16-year-old Cassie is still missing.

The search resumes for 16-year-old Cassie Olczak (pictured above) around the Royal National Park, south of Sydney, but police have confirmed Kate Bateup and Nikki Groves,aboth 21, who disappeared from the same area have now been found.

FOUND” Missing friends Katie Bateup and Nikki Groves. PHOTO: Facebook

Meanwhile, a Sydney mother has made an emotional plea for help to find her missing 16-year-old daughter, Cassie Olczak.

Cassie was last seen alone near Waterfall Train Station, in the Sutherland Shire, around 7pm on Sunday. The teen had just returned the night before from a two-week holiday to Abu Dhabi, visiting her father.

“I need her home,” Cassie’s mother Connie has said in the media.

CCTV captured footage of her at Waterfall Station on Sunday night and that as the last she has been sighted.

A passenger on the train has since come forward and said he saw Cassie, describing her has “glazed and dazed”. There is now concern that she may have taken a banned substance and become disorientated. It’s also suspected she was upset after an incident with two friends.

Police were searching bushland in the vast Royal National Park surrounding Waterfall on Wednesday.

Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident or the other missing women to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the [Crime Stoppers online](https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/|target=(_blank”) reporting page.

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