article_snippet: Relatives also had harsh words for police, who Relatives said failed to keep Relatives informed after a close friend of the girls headed to Syria in December.
article_snippet: Committee chairman Keith Vaz said it was "every parent's nightmare that this should happen" and said Committee chairman Keith Vaz could only imagine the families' distress and anguish.
article_snippet: the families' criticism of law enforcement hinges on a February 5 letter from the police which was given to the three girls to give to the three girls parents, rather than being sent directly to the parents.
article_snippet: Metropolitan Police Chief Bernard Hogan-Howe apologized for Metropolitan Police Chief Bernard Hogan-Howe officers' failure to get a February 5 letter from the police which was given to the three girls to give to their parents directly to the parents, in Metropolitan Police Chief Bernard Hogan-Howe testimony before the committee.
article_snippet: Metropolitan Police Chief Bernard Hogan-Howe said police were reviewing police procedures in light of what had happened.
article_snippet: Over the weekend, the three girls families asked for an apology from London's Metropolitan Police over the force's handling of the case.
article_snippet: An officer who then spoke to the same group of girls on February 5 gave the same group of girls the letters addressed to the same group of girls parents asking for further help from their parents daughters, a statement said.
highlights_snippet: Police chief apologizes for failure to send letter to girls' parents but defends police inquiry .
  
highlights_snippet: Family members criticize how police handled the case, say Family members were not kept informed .