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There are several types of Missing Persons, from even reading this thread. You get the utterly bizarre cases where folk, for apparently no reason, just simply vanish and never heard of again. You get the probable suicide/ death by misadventure, where folk (like the RAF fella) are assumed to have been killed and bodies not found. The ones which are spooky and very sad are the probable murders which go unsolved and no convictions. One which I always think about is the Claudia Lawrence case. 
 

35 years old, vanished in 2009 and despite a very middle class schooling and upbringing, had a shadowy, clandestine personal life with hints of her having several relationships with married or dodgy fellas. Reading some of the reports, journalists were warned off several times and her disappearance has never been solved. You have to think she had a horrific end by some jealous or resentful partner. A bit like quite a few of these cases, there are probably a few leads that just didn’t have the missing piece of the jigsaw for the police to get a conviction in a courtroom, allowing wrong ‘uns to walk around free.

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8 hours ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said:

Nothing for certain yet but I understand it's very probable she took her own life sadly. Eta That's the last I heard dunno if there's been anything confirmed recently

I think that was always likely the case I just don’t know why they weren’t able to find her. It’s not like the currents are that strong around the beach there that she would have been swept that far out to sea without being washed back up somewhere.

The lad from Musselburgh seems about the same - he was last seen getting his hair cut on north high steer and then nobody has a clue. The dad was offering a £1k reward for any info but it didn’t seem to be getting anywhere either.

 

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On 23/01/2022 at 23:01, Flybhoy said:

I always laugh at the social media 'appeals' that you usually see on a Sunday afternoon for a lassie who went out the night before and hasn't come home. 

Calm down, she's getting pumped, she'll be home in time for Match of the Day 2 but her fanny will be absolutely howling.

Confused Creeper GIF

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12 hours ago, Cosmic Joe said:

I've never slept in a bin yet, but I imagine there are less comfortable places to doss depending on circumstances. 

I've been fortunate to have only slept rough three times so far. Paris, Wigan and Edinburgh. All single nights and all self-inflicted through a combination of lack of planning and stupidity. 

Lifeboat, disused train carriage, station platforms, cars, etc and an attempt to shelter in a grit bin...it wasn't much use.

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I think that was always likely the case I just don’t know why they weren’t able to find her. It’s not like the currents are that strong around the beach there that she would have been swept that far out to sea without being washed back up somewhere.
The lad from Musselburgh seems about the same - he was last seen getting his hair cut on north high steer and then nobody has a clue. The dad was offering a £1k reward for any info but it didn’t seem to be getting anywhere either.
 
The guy from Musselburgh has a long history of drug problems, the rumours going around was that he'd OD'd somewhere but I'd have thought his body wouldve appeared somewhere by now if that was the case.
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My younger sister had a mental health crisis and was reported missing about six months ago.

It was honestly one of the scariest things I have experienced. The whole time between finding out that she was missing and her being found by the police was agonising.

I posted an appeal online and some of the comments from some people were disgusting. I honestly wanted to smash their faces in with a brick. 

The horrible things people say online for a few likes is horrendous. If you haven't got anything useful to say, then say nothing and scroll on.

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5 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

Lifeboat, disused train carriage, station platforms, cars, etc and an attempt to shelter in a grit bin...it wasn't much use.

I attempted a disused train carriage in the Wigan Casino all-nighter debacle. Unfortunately it was a guard's van. 

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4 hours ago, AsimButtHitsASix said:

I might give this a go later: The Vanished Podcast

Not massively into true crime but I do like a mystery

Pretty good listen usually, I'd also recommend this one; https://www.trailwentcold.com/

The Allan Bryant case in Glenrothes is a strange one, seems like there are some solid suspects but police in Fife seem to have a history of either being corrupt or just massively incompetent 

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8 hours ago, ICTChris said:

Gill family disappearance - Wikipedia

Interesting ages of the father, mother and four children.

You could go insane looking at that list, wondering what happened to people.

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6 hours ago, Empty It said:

The guy from Musselburgh has a long history of drug problems, the rumours going around was that he'd OD'd somewhere but I'd have thought his body wouldve appeared somewhere by now if that was the case.

Yeah I heard that from a few people, there’s only so many places he would have gone and overdosed though unless he was into ODing in very remote places. 
 

Alice being last seen in broad daylight and never again is also very strange. Someone surely must know something and isn’t coming forward.

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On 23/01/2022 at 23:01, Flybhoy said:

I always laugh at the social media 'appeals' that you usually see on a Sunday afternoon for a lassie who went out the night before and hasn't come home. 

Calm down, she's getting pumped, she'll be home in time for Match of the Day 2 but her fanny will be absolutely howling.

Good grief! You’ll end up like Busta, always looking over your shoulder. 

On 24/01/2022 at 07:29, RH33 said:

Did a P&B poster not post similar on one such appeal?

It was @Busta Nut on Twitter. IIRC the missing girl was from or had some connections with the travelling community.

Can’t remember for certain but think our Motherwell supporting chum might’ve been threatened with violence and death. 

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