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The disappearance of Mark Garvey,

He Just Vanished off the face of the Earth. Liverpool - 1987

It has now been more than 30 years since a 15-year-old vanished, never to be seen again by his family and friends.

Mark, who lived in Walton with his family at the time of his disappearance, would now be 49 years old.

He'd had an argument with his girlfriend and was last seen at a bus stop outside the Jolly Miller pub in West Derby.

Mark’s mum Dot Hughes said: “When Mark was going with this girl he’d always say ‘Mum, get my best trousers and shirt ready to go. “So, I got them ready on the night he went, and it was my little fella’s birthday on the day after he went missing.

“And I was trying to get stuff ready, you know, for the party the day after.

“And Mark just said ‘mum, I’m going now, see you later.’ “And that was the last I saw of him.”

A desperate mother sits by the phone at her home in east London for news of her son who went missing 29 years ago.

Ann Tunstall has never given up hope that her boy Darren will be in touch in time for Christmas.

Police looking for him at the time he vanished drew a blank and eventually the trail went cold. But detectives have now released an artist’s impression of what they believe Darren Tunstall might look like at, aged 45, as his mother appeals to him to call home.

Darren Tunstall who vanished in east London 29 years ago

A heart felt message to her son

"I want you with every beat of my heart" "Life without you is life without anything"

Shane Graham from Ansdell, Lytham St Anne’s, Lancashire was 26yrs old when he went missing on the morning of 29 April 2016.

He was last seen walking from Eddington Road in the direction of Fairhaven Lake. He is white with blue eyes and had short, cropped hair, and was wearing a dark blue jacket, black trousers with a white logo and blue safety boots at the time of his disappearance.

Shane was reported missing on 9 May after family & friends had failed to contact him for over a week. He has never been seen since.

The disappearance of Philip Cairns “Leave the porch light on”

Philip, a 13-year old schoolboy left his home in Ballyroan Ireland to return to school, but has not been seen since that day in 1986.

Several hundred (Police) Garda Síochána officers and divers took part in a large-scale search of forests, lakes, mountains, and rivers. Psychics and clairvoyants were called in to assist. Posters were distributed by milk companies. Six days after his disappearance,

Philip's school bag was located by two girls in an alley close to his house. The lane had already been searched, and the bag was not there at that time.

A large-scale investigation was carried out, but no trace of the boy has ever been found. His disappearance is now treated as a high-profile child murder case.

Daughter asks for help to find her Father.

Robert Hutchinson is a man from Hendon, Sunderland who disappeared on 23 June 2014. Robert left his home on 23 June 2014 at 18:20 in a blue Nissan Micra. The car was found in Stewart Street, just off Chester Road, the following day.

His family reported him missing three days later. Northumbria Police considered the disappearance as a possible murder as early as July 2014. Two men aged 39 and 55 were arrested and bailed by then. Robert has never been seen since that day.

Trigger Warning: mention of suicide Mature audiences only

On May 11, 2011, six-year-old American boy Timmothy James Pitzen was dropped off at school in Aurora, Illinois, by his father James Pitzen. He was picked up shortly after by his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, who took him on a three-day trip to various amusement and water parks.

Her body was subsequently found in a motel room in the city of Rockford, Illinois, having committed suicide, with a note stating that Timmothy was safe, but would never be found.

Jordan Ratcliffe disappeared from Manchester on 31 August 2008.

The teenager was just 16 when he parted ways with Kimberley Pierce outside a hostel on Tib Street in the Northern Quarter.

“Call me when you get yourself settled,” she told him. But Jordan never called his auntie.

Christopher Fitzpatrick “The 10-minute walked that lasted an eternity”

Where is Amy?

The disappearance of Amy Fitzpatrick occurred on New Year's Day 2008.

At 10pm on that day, 15-year-old Irish girl Amy Fitzpatrick said goodbye to her friend Ashley Rose, with whom she had been babysitting Ashley's brother at a house in Mijas Costa in Málaga, Spain.

Fitzpatrick should have arrived at her home a few minutes later, as it was only a short walk away. She never arrived home and has not been heard from or seen since that night.

Did Amy meet someone on the lonely path that led across rough ground to her home, or did she take a lift with someone she knew?

She had been very unhappy in the days before she disappeared and was spending much of her time with her pal Ashley Rose because she didn’t want to go home.

Ashley Nicole Summers born June 16, 1993 was 14 years of age when she disappeared near her home in Cleveland, Ohio in early July 2007. as of December 2021, her whereabouts remain unknown, as there have not been any verified sightings of Ashley since her disappearance. Summers was last seen at around 6:00 p.m. on July 4, 2007. She was last seen in West 96th Street and Madison Avenue.

The FBI later speculated that she may have been kidnapped and that her disappearance might have been related to those of Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, who vanished in Cleveland in 2003 and 2004, respectively.

Other possibilities:

On December 4, 2018, Kevin Donathan was charged with rape, but has not been named a suspect in Summers' disappearance. On February 25, 2020, Donathan, 55, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on charges of rape and prostitution.

The FBI now believes Summers was last seen on July 8, 2007 in the area of West 44th Street and Trowbridge Avenue in Cleveland.

"We do feel like there are people who know what happened to Ashley that haven't reported it. We are urging them to call 877-FBI-OHIO,"

Luke Durbin "missing or murdered"?

It looks like murder, but what do you think?

In April 2020, a Channel 5 documentary explored Durbin’s drug dealing history and his ties to gangs in Brixton, London. It is speculated Durbin owed money to dealers within his network.

Case overview:

Luke Durbin rode his new motorbike to a friend’s place in Woodbridge, leaving his wallet, keys, phone and a change of clothes, planning to spend the night.

Luke wore a black/grey long-sleeved collared shirt under a reversible plum-grey sweatshirt, alongside faded denim jeans with a motif on the side thigh, and brown suede shoes.

After some drinks at a local pub, Luke Durbin, Alex and Zach then took a cab from Woodbridge to Ipswich to go clubbing at Zest nightclub. After some hours at Zest nightclub, Luke lost contact with his friend after he went to purchase drinks.

Alex was spotted on CCTV walking across the zebra crossing on Dogs Head Street headed towards the bus station at 04:00 AM. This is the last positive sighting of Durbin.

Shortly after, a silver or white Volvo 440 is caught on CCTV with registration ‘M206 LYE’, later discovered to be false plates. The vehicle is of primary interest to investigators.

The next day, Durbin’s family assumed he had gone to work, although after contacting friends and his work over his whereabouts, he was reported missing by his mother.