Search for missing Sydney teen A SEARCH is underway for a teenage girl who has been missing from Sydney's west since last week. Despina Malaetasi, aged 16, was last seen in the Liverpool area on Monday, December 13, police say. She was due to return to her Hoxton Park home but failed to return. Despina's family and police are now appealing for help in finding her. She is described as being of Islander appearance, about 170cm tall with a solid build and medium length, dark hair. It comes just weeks after two teenage schoolgirls sparked a city-wide search after they ran away from their school in Sydney's northwest. The two teens were picked up at Chatswood station following a call from a member of the public, just a day after their parents had made a tearful public plea for them to return. The girls had both dyed their hair.