The majority of people who go missing do return home – but sadly this isn’t always the case.
Data exclusively obtained by the Glasgow Times shows that officers investigated a total of 16,576 missing people from January 1, 2022, until December 6, 2022.Thirty pensioners over the age of 90 disappeared last year, meanwhile, 278 reports were in connection with young children aged between 0-9.
More than 460 of the reports were wanted criminals or absconders, meanwhile, 3920 reports were made regarding children in the care of the local authority.Glasgow man Peter Doherty’s body was found in Paisley in May 2022 – more than two weeks after the 53-year-old went missing from Govan.Officers tragically found the 35-year-old’s body in Milngavie.On October 5, 2022, Barry McCullagh went missing after leaving the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
“I can’t eat or sleep for worrying that something awful has happened to him or where he could be. I don’t know if he’s lying somewhere injured or in a vulnerable state. The uncertainty is tearing me apart. The 17-year-old was last seen leaving her home in Alexandria on March 19, 1976, after telling her family she was going to meet a friend, but never returned.
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