A British pensioner has claimed she spotted missing schoolgirl Megan Stammers in Paris.
Brigitte Ripley, 73, believes she saw the 15-year-old and her teacher Jeremy Forrest on the Champs Elysee.
She told The Sun: "I noticed her as she had a similar bird patterned blouse to one of mine - I'm as sure as I can be that it was Megan.
Missing: Megan Stammers blows a kiss to the camera
"She was in front of me, a youngish girl with long, dark hair. She seemed well, she seemed fine. They were just like anyone else walking around in Paris. They looked like tourists."
The sighting has been passed onto Surrey Police who are leading the investigation.
It comes as Forrest's parents tearfully begged their son to "come home" during a press conference on Thursday.
Jim and Julie Forrest appeared alongside Sussex Police's Chief Inspector Jason Tingley, urging him to "please, please, get in touch".
In a quavering voice, Mr Forrest said: "Hi Megan, hi Jeremy, I hope this message reaches you and you are both okay.
Jim and Julie Forrest appealed for their son Jeremy to come home during a press conference
"There are a lot of people back home that are desperate to hear from you.
"All I am asking is for one of you to make a call, send an email, so we know you are both safe.
"We are all here for you both. Please, please get in contact."
It emerged on Thursday that a European arrest warrant has been issued for Forrest.
Ch Insp Tingley said: "This has probably not gone the way that Megan or Jeremy expected.
"Jeremy will be aware that he has questions to answer, and making contact with us is the best way he can do this.
CCTV images from the Dover-to-Calais ferry revealed the pair holding hands
"As part of the process of working with the French authorities, we have secured an international letter of request and a European Arrest Warrant.
"These orders, which have been obtained with the help of the Crown Prosecution Service, enable us to work with the European authorities, and are in relation to an offence of child abduction. This means taking Megan without the consent of her parents.
"The full details of this warrant have been circulated to every EU country.
"When the pair are found in an EU country, Jeremy can be arrested and Megan will be taken into protection."
He said an officer from the Sussex force had gone to Paris to work with French police searching for the pair.
Jeremy Forrest, performing under the name "Jeremy Ayre"
There had been earlier speculation the couple could now be in Spain, with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) contacting counterparts in Madrid for help, The Telegraph reported.
France has open borders with Spain, as well as Germany, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland.
The last confirmed sighting of Stammers and Forrest - who taught maths at Bishop Bell C of E School in Eastbourne, East Sussex - was from CCTV cameras on board a Dover-to-Calais ferry at 9.30pm last Thursday.
The release of two images of the pair, arm in arm and holding hands, was intended to trigger a response from the public about their whereabouts.
