MISSING: Daniel Entwistle

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In this case file, we're heading to the
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town of Great Yarmouth, situated on the
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east coast of England and part of the
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beautiful English county of Norolk. Its
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history as a popular holiday destination
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stretches right back to the 1700s
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with the town becoming even more popular
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in 1844
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when it joined the rail network, meaning
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that transport to and from the resort
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suddenly became much easier for
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prospective holiday makers. People still
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flock to the seafront and the various
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attractions on offer, including the Sea
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Life Center, a circus, a handful of
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theaters, and the amusement park,
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complete with a wooden roller coaster,
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which dates back to the year 1932.
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In 2003, the town was thrown into the
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glare of the national press when the
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search for a 7-year-old boy was
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triggered after he failed to come home
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in the evening.
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Details of the missing child quickly hit
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headlines across the country with
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residents throughout the UK hoping for a
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positive outcome for the boy and his
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family.
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Despite the best efforts of police and
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those involved in multiple searches
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across the years, he hasn't been seen or
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heard from in more than two decades.
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This case file is about the
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disappearance of Daniel Antwistle.
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Daniel Joseph Antwistle was born on the
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28th of July 1995
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to parents David and Paula. He would be
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the second of the couple's three
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children following older brother Anthony
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and being joined later by younger
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brother John.
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The Antw Whistle family lived in their
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home city of Burnley until around the
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year 2000 when David and Paula made the
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decision to move south to Great
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Yarmouth.
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Having been together for the best part
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of a decade, the couple married in
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November 2002, surrounded by family and
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friends and with their three young sons
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present. They were, for all intents and
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purposes, a normal and happy family.
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The family resided in a property in
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Copperfield Avenue, a street which was
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sandwiched neatly between the seafront
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to the east and the tidal river year to
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the west. The children had the luxury of
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being only a few minutes walk from the
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beach and the entertainment in the
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immediate area, including a nearby
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basketball court and a skate park, with
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the older two being given the freedom by
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their parents to meet friends and play
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outside as long as they stayed safe.
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Despite being in the hub of a popular
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resort for holiday makers, the family
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were also fortunate enough to live on an
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estate with a community feel where many
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of the neighbors knew and looked out for
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each other.
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Daniel attended Greenacre First and
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Middle School just a short distance from
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the family home. He had been diagnosed
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with attention deficit hyperactivity
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disorder, better known as ADHD, at a
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young age, something which affected
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multiple aspects of his daily life,
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including his learning. But he was a
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muchloved pupil at his school with his
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vibrant personality and his strong
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northern accent as a result of his
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younger years in Burnley.
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Saturday the 3rd of May 2003 marked the
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beginning of the early May Bank holiday
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weekend with Monday the 5th being a day
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when most businesses, organizations, and
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schools would be closed to enable staff
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and pupils to take some time out with
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their families.
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The first weekend of May was thought to
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represent the official start of spring,
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traditionally symbolizing new life and
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fresh beginnings, with many places
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choosing to mark the occasion with a
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fate or festival, including traditional
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practices such as maple dancing.
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Daniel Antwistle had spent the Saturday
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out and about on his bicycle, a red BMX,
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which he regularly used to get around
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town.
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Although he was happy enough spending
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time alone, he had been seen playing
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with a group of boys near Trinity Key at
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around 3:30 p.m. before making his way
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home. At 5:00 p.m., his parents asked
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him to go and collect a pint of milk
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from the local shop, and he was captured
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on CCTV in the Blen Cowis convenience
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store shortly after 5:00 p.m. walking
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down one of the aisles before making the
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purchase and leaving.
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He was pictured wearing the clothing he
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was last seen in a blue Adidas t-shirt
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with striped sleeves and the Adidas
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motif on the chest, blue tracksuit
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bottoms and gray trainers.
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It would have taken Daniel around 1
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minute to cycle home from the
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convenience store where he dropped off
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the pint of milk and asked his dad if he
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could go back out to play.
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David, who was employed as a railway
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worker, agreed for his seven-year-old
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son to go back out on his bike on the
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provision that he didn't go too far.
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After all, it was a safe area, and his
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parents knew that he had friends he
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would meet when out and about. It also
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wasn't a school night, meaning that
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there was no reason why he couldn't stay
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out a little later. David Antwistle
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would later comment that Daniel would
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have been home by 6:00 p.m. if he had
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been getting up for school the next day.
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The clocks would have turned back to
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British summertime 2 months prior,
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meaning that the evenings were longer
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and lighter, likely making parents feel
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more comfortable about their children
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staying out that little bit longer.
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Neither David nor Paula would have any
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idea that this would be the last time
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that they would see their seven-year-old
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son.
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The couple started to become concerned
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when Daniel failed to return home for
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his tea and headed out into the streets
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themselves to call him in for the
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evening.
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After failing to spot him, they were
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joined by several neighbors and friends
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in a bid to track him down, perhaps
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thinking that he would get a bit of a
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scolding for being out too late and
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causing his parents to worry. By 8:00
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p.m., however, his parents had become
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increasingly anxious at his absence, and
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realizing that something was very wrong,
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made a report to Norfolk police.
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Fortunately, the police responded
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immediately, and a search for Daniel
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rapidly commenced. The combination of
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his age, his ADHD, and the fact that he
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had never stayed out for such a long
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time on his own before meant that the
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authorities took the situation seriously
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from the very outset and recognized how
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exceptionally vulnerable Daniel was.
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Early inquiries by police were able to
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unearth the CCTV footage of Daniel
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purchasing a pint of milk in the local
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convenience store, after which they knew
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he had returned home.
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Communication with staff at a nearby
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Texico garage also brought forward CCTV
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footage from the petrol station forcourt
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showing what appeared to be a young boy
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roughly the same age and build as Daniel
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riding a bike past the establishment.
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The bike bore a striking resemblance to
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Daniel's red BMX and the timestamp on
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the video 5:20 p.m. gave authorities
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cause to consider that it could be
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footage of the 7-year-old.
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The first physical clue was found in the
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early hours of Sunday morning when two
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people reported finding a red BMX
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bicycle lying on its side down the end
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of a lane near Trinity Key. A mere 10
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minutes from Daniel's home on
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Copperfield Avenue,
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the lane was surrounded by the
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industrial units which lined the edge of
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the river. Yair with the location where
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the bike was found reportedly being very
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close to a wall on the opposite side of
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which lay a 15 ft drop directly down to
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the fast flowing tidal water.
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Although I can't find information about
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the precise location where Daniel's bike
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was discovered, a search on Google Maps
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with the street view function shows a BP
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petrol station along Southgate Road,
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just beyond which is a turning into a
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small lane called Trinity Square, where
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a tire fitting workshop is tucked behind
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the BP garage.
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Aside from this store and a couple of
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parked cars, there is little else in
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this lane before it reaches a dead end,
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concluding in a low wall, which is the
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only barrier between the lane and the
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river.
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According to Google Maps, this is within
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the radius of the area known as Trinity
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Key, but it's not possible to tell if
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this is near to where Daniel's bike was
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found.
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However, it certainly gives a good
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visual indication of what the police may
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have meant when they said that the bike
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was found near a wall with a direct drop
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down to the river on the other side.
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This can be seen from the images on
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Google.
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If the length of the riverside area
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known as Trinity Key was lined with this
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same low wall at the time, it's possible
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that Daniel's bike could have been found
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anywhere along this boundary or tucked
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away down the back of one of the
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industrial buildings.
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A police forensics tent was quickly
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assembled around the BMX bike and police
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extended their search radius to 5 km
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around the site where the bike was
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found. In the first crucial days after
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Daniel was reported missing, more than
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100 officers were drafted in to help
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scour the area for the young boy with
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teams including officers with tracker
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dogs, police divers, and unformed police
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completing face-to-face inquiries with
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local residents.
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Direct questioning brought forward a
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couple of witnesses from the estate
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where the Antwistle family lived with
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reports that Daniel had been seen
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between 700 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on
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Saturday the 3rd of May. Whilst neither
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of these reports could be confirmed, the
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family were known around the area and
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some of the residents were able to
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recognize Daniel by sight.
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A description of Daniel was released to
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the public in a bid to bring forward any
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further potential sightings.
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Daniel was described as being 3'2 in
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tall in height, thin in build, and with
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light brown, shortly cropped hair. A
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description of the clothing he was last
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seen wearing was also circulated.
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One of the primary considerations by
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authorities was that Daniel may have
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been playing too close to the edge of
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the key and may have fallen into the
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water.
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The river was particularly fast flowing
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in the area of Trinity Key and police
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wasted no time in arranging assistance
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from the local lifeboat crew, the Coast
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Guard and a local tidal expert.
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Divers were deployed into areas of the
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water which had been carefully assessed
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as the best locations to search with the
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rapid action from the teams giving hope
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that any evidence may be found quickly.
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Daniel's parents, both of whom were
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clearly devastated in the wake of their
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son's disappearance,
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informed police that he was unable to
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swim and uncomfortable around water. His
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diagnosis of ADHD also affected his
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ability to assess danger, meaning that
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he may have been unable to identify the
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risk of harm from playing close to the
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bank of the river.
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5 days after Daniel had failed to come
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home, the press announced that the
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police were utilizing sona technology to
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search the riverbed of the year with the
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3D imaging able to identify any
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anomalies in its path in the
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investigation which had been titled
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Operation Canada.
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The machinery was able to search up to
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10 m per day, far more than the manpower
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of the search teams, but this was
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dependent on the width and depth of the
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area being reviewed.
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The technology was used to search a
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2mile stretch of the river based on the
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information provided by experts going
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down to a depth of 20 ft in a bid to
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find any trace of the seven-year-old or
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any of his belongings.
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Meanwhile, above the surface of the
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river, the police helicopter had been
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employed to search a radius around
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Trinity Key, and firefighters were
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called in along with hydraulic lifting
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platforms to hunt the rooftops of
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industrial units and garages in case any
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evidence had been discarded at height.
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Local businesses and residents were
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urged to check any sheds or outouses on
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their premises, and anyone with
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functioning CCTV footage on their home
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or store was requested to check their
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video playback in case Daniel Antwistle
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could be spotted to help build a better
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picture of his timeline. On Saturday the
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3rd of May,
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a local newspaper contributed to search
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efforts by printing 2,000 copies of
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Daniel's missing person poster and
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distributing them around the town.
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Detectives reviewed national statistics
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relating to the disappearance of young
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people in case they could glean some
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inkling of what may have happened to the
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sevenyear-old. and a list of local sex
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offenders was reviewed in case Daniel
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may have been targeted.
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Tourists and holiday makers had to
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become accustomed to the site of police
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and search volunteers along the
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beachfront and in the town itself with
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the increased presence of authorities
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heightening the publicity of Daniel's
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case, even to those who weren't
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residents of the town.
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Daniel's parents, David and Paula
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Antwistle, were surviving on days of
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minimal sleep in their desperation to
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have their son brought home.
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Paula described her middle child as
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outgoing, saying, quote, "He can be
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mischievous like a lot of children, and
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he's a bit of a loner, but he says hi to
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anybody. He has friends who live
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locally, and we just thought he was
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there." End quote.
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The pair were distraught at his
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disappearance with Paula being supported
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at home by family members and David
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spending hours trolling the streets in a
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bid to catch a glimpse of his 7-year-old
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son.
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Paula, who was 30 years old in 2003,
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publicly appealed for witnesses or
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anyone with information to come forward,
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saying, quote, "If anybody knows or has
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seen anything, anything suspicious or
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untoward, could they please just ring
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the police?" Daniel, if you are
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watching, please come home. You are not
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in any trouble. Please come home." End
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quote.
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As the days crept on and started heading
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towards a week without any sightings of
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Daniel, his parents said that they hoped
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he had been abducted just to maintain
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the possibility that he was still alive.
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David Antwistle said, quote, I hope he's
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been abducted knowing that he's still
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alive out there somewhere still alive
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and somebody has got him and is looking
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after him. But if they have got him,
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please, please let us know. That's all
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we want. If somebody has got him out
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there and doesn't want any repercussions
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with police, just take him to a police
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station anywhere. End quote.
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Mrs. Antwistle added, quote, I don't
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think anybody really knows how to cope
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unless you were in that situation.
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People can judge, but at the moment, I
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have just gone numb to it. I'm not
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sleeping. I just cry in the house and
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David's there and my family is there. If
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somebody has got him, just bring him
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home safe and sound. If anybody has got
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any information, even if they think it
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is stupid, just tell the police. You're
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not wasting their time because they want
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information.
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Daniel's missing. He has been missing
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since Saturday. Every day it gets worse.
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end quote.
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Paula also gave her opinion that the
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discovery of the red BMX bike could be
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misleading, commenting, quote, "Daniel
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has behavioral problems. He doesn't
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understand about looking after toys.
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He's left bikes outside shops before,
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and the bike by the river doesn't mean
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anything. It could have been left at the
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park and dumped at the garage because a
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lot of bikes end up there." end quote.
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It is of course entirely possible that
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the bike could have been moved at any
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stage. Just because it was found in the
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area of Trinity Key is not to say that
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it could have been somewhere else first
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and perhaps stolen by another child or
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moved as a prank. There was no camera
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footage or at least any which has been
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released by police which indicates that
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it was definitely Daniel who left it in
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that location or rules out the
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possibility that someone else could have
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moved it there.
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One of his neighbors, 63-year-old
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Margaret, would tell the press that she
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had seen Daniel earlier in the day on
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the Saturday, commenting, quote, "The
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day he disappeared, he was in my garden
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earlier in the afternoon. He used to
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love watching the fish in the pond. It's
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such a shame. Bless him." End quote.
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The sevenyear-old was being missed by
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his school friends and teachers, too.
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Like most establishments, Greenacre
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School was closed on the bank holiday
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Monday after Daniel vanished, and the
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first day his fellow students were
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altogether would therefore be Tuesday
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the 6th of May.
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A special assembly was held where
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Daniel's parents asked for any of the
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children who may have seen or been with
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him on the Saturday to come forward and
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speak to someone, be it a teacher, a
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police officer, or a parent.
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Reverend Irene Nolles led prayers for
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his safe return during both the assembly
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and a local parochial church council
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meeting later the same day with members
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of the council also sending messages of
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support to the family.
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Greenacre's head teacher, Keith Egleton,
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said that the 447
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pupils who attended the school at the
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time had been much quieter than normal
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after the long weekend, with the absence
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of one of their fellow students hanging
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heavily on the establishment.
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He spoke to the press in advance of the
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assembly being held, saying that its
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purpose would be quote to deal with what
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we have to at the time, and if there is
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no news, we will attempt to reassure the
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children and attempt to provide as
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normal an environment as we possibly
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can. End quote.
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He went on to describe Daniel Antwistle
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as quote, "A little boy of whom we are
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enormously fond because he is friendly
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and is constantly speaking to staff and
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is very engaging end quote."
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The head teacher attempted to make the
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school days normal for the students
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whilst also providing a safe space for
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people to come into the school to talk
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if they needed to.
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He left the front gates open so that
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parents could approach the reception
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desk if they needed to and also walked
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around the barrack estate where the
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Antwistle family lived to provide a
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listening ear to anyone who may need it.
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He reportedly visited David and Paula
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each day saying, quote, "My primary
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concern is for the family, and we as a
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school want to provide them with as much
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support as we can. We also want to
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provide a facility for the community
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should they want a place to come and be
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together.
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Parents may need to be reassured. There
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will be many things going through
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people's minds and they will want to be
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reassured that the school is a safe
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place. End quote.
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Daniel had a 10-year-old brother,
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Anthony, and a 2-year-old brother, John,
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who both needed the care and support of
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their teachers and the community as they
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adjusted to the uncertainty of the
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activity going on around them.
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Norfolk County Council arranged for
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specially trained counselors to be
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present at Green Acre during the school
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day for any students who may require a
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quiet chat.
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In addition to the efforts at Daniel's
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School, St. James's Church in nearby
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Admiral T Road kept its doors open for
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anyone who wished to sit and say a
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prayer or light a candle.
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The altar was covered with messages and
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photos left by school children and
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members of the community.
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Daniel's allocated school buddy,
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10-year-old Rachel, who watched out for
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him in the school playground and walked
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him to school clubs, lit several candles
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for her friend, saying, "We are very sad
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he is missing. Come home, please come
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home. We are all worried about you." End
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quote.
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As the search around the river continued
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for any sign of Daniel Antwistle,
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retired merchant seaman Joe Zugar, a
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67year-old who worked as a part-time
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night watchman and neighborhood watch
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coordinator, described how he had seen
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Daniel playing near a raised wall which
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ran along the edge of the river at
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around lunchtime on Saturday the 3rd of
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May. He mentioned that Daniel was often
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there. Quote, "I saw the little boy
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playing down here with some other boys
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at around dinner time, lunchtime on
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Saturday. They were just standing in the
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space by the wall. I didn't see them
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actually playing on the wall. Then then
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I saw him again playing with some other
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kids opposite my house, which is just
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nearby at about 4:00 on Saturday
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afternoon. They were hanging around and
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then they all cycled off suddenly and I
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didn't see them again. Kids are playing
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down here by the river all the time.
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They play on the wall and climb about on
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it. I've been down here many times and
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told them to be careful, but they don't
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listen. I've been worrying that a child
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will fall in for ages. Once a child
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falls into here, the tide has got them
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and they are gone. I knew the little
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boy. you would see him around a lot. He
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was often with older boys. A nice little
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kid. It's so sad. I hope they find him
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soon. End quote.
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A week into the investigation, more than
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600 calls had been received with tips
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about Daniel's case, but sadly none of
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these provided any real leads.
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The weekend after Daniel vanished, a
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group of teenage volunteers joined
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police and the Ant Whistle family to
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hand out thousands of leaflets which
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contained information about the
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7-year-old, as well as a photo of him
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and a photo of his bicycle, hoping to
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jog the memories of any potential
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witnesses.
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Prayers were led for Daniel and his
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family at St. James's church Sunday
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service by Reverend Irene Nolles and
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David Antwistle spoke of the impact of
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the last week. Quote, I have just got to
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be strong for Paula because she's not
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well at the moment and she's going
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through hell and I have got to be strong
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for her. It is unbelievable what's going
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on. It's heart-wrenching. Nobody knows
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what's going on. He's so special. It's
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unbelievable. He's my little boy. end
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quote.
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Paula Antwistle went back to the
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family's native Burnley in the weeks
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after Daniel disappeared to stay with a
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friend for a few days restbite where she
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gave an exclusive interview to the
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Burnley Express newspaper.
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She discussed that she no longer
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personally believed her son to have been
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abducted as she had in the early days of
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the investigation and instead believed
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that he was more likely to have fallen
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from a wall into the river and been
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swept away by the tidal water. His ADHD
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significantly impacted his ability to
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assess danger with Paula saying, "You
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can tell him and tell him something was
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dangerous, but you could not get
00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:41.669
through." End quote.
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She described how her heart had stopped
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nearly every time the phone rang or
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there was a knock on the door in the
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early days, just in case it was news
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about her son. But she had become used
00:27:54.159 --> 00:27:57.990
to this over time. She said, quote, "It
00:27:58.000 --> 00:28:00.870
has been 6 weeks since he went missing.
00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:03.190
Now I just want to hear something. Even
00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:07.029
if it's bad news, I just want to know. I
00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:08.950
would love him to come running down the
00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:11.510
street, but deep down I do not think
00:28:11.520 --> 00:28:14.710
he's going to come back." A police
00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:17.269
liaison officer comes to see us every
00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:19.750
day, but they never have anything to
00:28:19.760 --> 00:28:22.950
tell us. It's the not knowing. We are in
00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:25.909
limbo. We cannot mourn because there is
00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:29.830
no body to mourn over. End quote.
00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:32.310
Paula also spoke about the impact of
00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:34.789
Daniel's disappearance on her other two
00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:38.710
sons. Quote, John has no idea about what
00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:41.190
has happened. Anthony knows he is
00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:44.149
missing, but hasn't said a lot. I think
00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:47.029
he is bottling everything up. We are not
00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:49.430
a bad family like people are trying to
00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:52.710
portray us. Even though David and I only
00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:55.430
got married last November, we have been
00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:57.909
together 10 years, and we are both very
00:28:57.919 --> 00:29:02.230
happy. Every day I miss Daniel. He is so
00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:05.110
vibrant and full of life. Mothers can
00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:07.110
grieve if their child is killed in a
00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:09.750
road accident, but we don't know for
00:29:09.760 --> 00:29:12.549
sure where Daniel is or whether he is
00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:15.430
alive or dead, which makes it worse."
00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.230
End quote.
00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:20.470
Paula told the Burnley Express of the
00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:22.389
guilt she felt about her son's
00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.909
disappearance,
00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:26.149
saying that she subconsciously blamed
00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:27.750
herself.
00:29:27.760 --> 00:29:29.909
If it had been a school night, she said
00:29:29.919 --> 00:29:32.230
that Daniel would have been home by 6:00
00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:34.710
p.m. at the latest, where he would have
00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:36.549
been allowed to watch The Simpsons
00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:39.269
before having his tea, having a shower,
00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:43.029
and going to bed. As it was a weekend,
00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:45.029
he had been given the freedom to stay
00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:47.430
out a little longer without his parents
00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.909
worrying. They had simply thought that
00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:52.870
he was with his friends.
00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:55.110
I think it's worth mentioning here that
00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:57.269
many families who had been through the
00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:59.669
trauma of losing a child in such a
00:29:59.679 --> 00:30:02.230
context will have received criticism
00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:04.870
from members of the public as Paula
00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:07.669
hinted at in her interview with people
00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:08.950
saying that they should have done
00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:11.110
something differently, behaved
00:30:11.120 --> 00:30:14.149
differently, responded differently.
00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:16.950
The stark reality is that no one will
00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:18.950
have been as critical as the family
00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:21.909
themselves, likely spending sleepless
00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:24.070
nights wondering if they could have done
00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:26.230
anything to prevent the tragedy from
00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.990
occurring.
00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:30.549
The rumination and overthinking can
00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:32.310
drive a person to the point of
00:30:32.320 --> 00:30:35.110
breakdown. And the truth is that there
00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:38.630
is no right answer. As long as a child
00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:41.269
is loved and cared for, there is no
00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:44.470
manual on how to be a parent, on whether
00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.789
you can give a child too much or too
00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:48.710
little freedom.
00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:50.870
The last thing that families need in
00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:54.070
this situation is criticism and abuse
00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:56.310
from people who can't understand what
00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:59.830
they are going through.
00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:02.149
David Antwistle maintained the theory
00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:05.029
that his son could have been abducted,
00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:07.190
something which perhaps went on to cause
00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:09.510
a division in the relationship with his
00:31:09.520 --> 00:31:13.909
wife. By the start of July 2003, the
00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:16.470
couple had separated with friends
00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:18.389
telling the media that the couple had
00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:20.230
dealt with the disappearance in
00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:23.110
different ways.
00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:25.590
Daniel would have turned 8 years old on
00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:29.269
Monday the 28th of July 2003
00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:31.990
with his dad marking the day by buying a
00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:34.789
large bunch of flowers and a card, both
00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:36.870
of which he displayed in the window of
00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:38.630
his property.
00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:40.789
He said that friends had suggested he
00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.710
place them at the site where Daniel's
00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:45.350
bike was found, but he described this
00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:49.029
concept as quote like saying it's the
00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:51.830
end quote.
00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:54.470
The search persisted with teams
00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:56.549
continuing to scour river banks and
00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:59.909
coastlines at both high and low tide,
00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:02.389
nearby mudflats, as well as empty
00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:04.549
buildings and houses which had been
00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:07.269
listed for sale in case Daniel may have
00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:09.590
been hiding away.
00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:11.909
Hopes were raised at one stage when a
00:32:11.919 --> 00:32:13.830
t-shirt was found near where he
00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:16.470
disappeared, but were dashed again when
00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:19.909
it transpired not to be his.
00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:22.389
As time progressed, less and less
00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:25.269
resources were allocated to the effort
00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:27.110
until the search was wound down
00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:30.310
completely after two months. The
00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:32.789
investigation had cost in the region of
00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:34.870
£300,000
00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:37.190
and had involved multiple teams and
00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:40.389
police officers from across the UK, but
00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:42.950
leads had fully dried up and there was
00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:46.950
little else to propel the case forward.
00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:49.350
In the wake of media reports that David
00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:52.710
and Paula had separated, BBC News
00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:54.870
published that David Antwistle had been
00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:57.110
arrested twice for breaching a court
00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:59.830
order which prevented him from being in
00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:02.310
contact with Paula or visiting the
00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:04.230
family home.
00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:06.870
After the second arrest, he was handed a
00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:09.750
14-day suspended sentence at Norwich
00:33:09.760 --> 00:33:12.789
Crown Court. In the leadup to their
00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:15.509
first Christmas without Daniel, Paula
00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:17.430
had moved back to Burnley with the
00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:20.310
couple's youngest and eldest son, and
00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:22.549
David gave an interview to the press on
00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:25.029
his emotions heading into the festive
00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.549
season.
00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:29.110
He talked openly about how he had tried
00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:31.190
to take his own life in the wake of
00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:33.750
Daniel's disappearance and the breakdown
00:33:33.760 --> 00:33:36.310
of his marriage, consuming a large
00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:38.549
amount of pills and alcohol in his
00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:40.389
desperation.
00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:42.630
He was fortunately discovered in his
00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:45.029
bedsit by one of his housemates who
00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:48.070
raised the alarm.
00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:51.509
David spoke about Christmas 2002,
00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:53.350
the last time the family had been
00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:55.750
together for the celebrations.
00:33:55.760 --> 00:33:57.669
He recalled how Daniel had been
00:33:57.679 --> 00:34:00.950
delighted to open a Sony PlayStation,
00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:03.669
saying, quote, "It was a happy day for
00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:06.549
the kids. I watched them having fun, and
00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:09.430
Pauler and I was happy. we were just
00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:11.909
like any other family and everything was
00:34:11.919 --> 00:34:15.990
just fine. End quote. In stark contrast
00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:18.790
to the year before, he chose to spend
00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:22.470
Christmas 2003 alone in his bedset,
00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:24.710
vowing to stay in the area of Great
00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:27.589
Yarmouth until he found out for certain
00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:31.990
what had happened to his missing son.
00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:34.550
Months turned into years without updates
00:34:34.560 --> 00:34:37.510
in the case of Daniel Antwistle.
00:34:37.520 --> 00:34:39.750
Little appeared in the media relating to
00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:41.750
the young boy after the search was
00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:44.550
called off, but David Antwistle became
00:34:44.560 --> 00:34:46.869
the focal point of several articles
00:34:46.879 --> 00:34:51.510
released across the years. In May 2009,
00:34:51.520 --> 00:34:53.990
he failed to appear in court on charges
00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:57.270
relating to a public order offense.
00:34:57.280 --> 00:34:59.589
He appeared on the stand one week after
00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:02.230
the original court date was scheduled
00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:03.990
where he pleaded guilty for the
00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:06.710
non-attendance in addition to the public
00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:11.030
order offense. His solicitor Ed Profett
00:35:11.040 --> 00:35:13.589
spoke on his behalf and explained that
00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:15.910
he had failed to attend court the week
00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:18.550
before as it had been the anniversary of
00:35:18.560 --> 00:35:21.030
Daniel's disappearance and he had been
00:35:21.040 --> 00:35:23.990
drinking heavily, leading to him being
00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:27.109
unfit to appear before the judge.
00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:29.990
He said, quote, "It became too much for
00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:33.030
him and he had far too much to drink and
00:35:33.040 --> 00:35:35.990
failed to attend court. There has been
00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.710
no closure because nobody has ever been
00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:42.230
found." End quote.
00:35:42.240 --> 00:35:45.910
In August 2008, Norfolk police joined
00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:48.069
with a neighboring constabularary to
00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:50.470
form the Norfolk and Suffukk Major
00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:53.190
Investigation Team, a unit which
00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:55.910
reviewed serious unsolved crimes,
00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:58.550
including murders, missing people, and
00:35:58.560 --> 00:36:00.710
sexual offenses.
00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:03.190
The new team was headed by detective
00:36:03.200 --> 00:36:06.150
superintendent Julian Gregory, who had
00:36:06.160 --> 00:36:08.710
been the senior investigating officer in
00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:12.310
the Daniel Antwistle case in 2003
00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:14.950
with the detective opening a review into
00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:18.550
Daniel's disappearance during 2012,
00:36:18.560 --> 00:36:20.950
saying, quote, "Since we closed the
00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:23.430
investigation, which was later in the
00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:25.910
same year he disappeared, we haven't
00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:29.030
been actively pursuing inquiries, but we
00:36:29.040 --> 00:36:31.670
have responded to and will continue to
00:36:31.680 --> 00:36:34.069
respond to any new information that
00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:37.190
comes in. If anyone knows what happened
00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:40.150
to Daniel or has any information they
00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:42.870
may think is of use to us, then please
00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:46.790
make contact with the MIT ringing 101 in
00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:50.310
the first instance. End quote.
00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.790
David Antwistle was interviewed shortly
00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:56.230
after the review commenced in 2012,
00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:59.510
telling the BBC, quote, "I don't know if
00:36:59.520 --> 00:37:02.550
he's alive. I don't know if he's dead.
00:37:02.560 --> 00:37:05.030
He could still be alive. Somebody might
00:37:05.040 --> 00:37:07.430
have taken him. He could have fallen
00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:10.230
into the river. We just don't know.
00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:13.270
We've got no closure. I wish I had told
00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:15.750
him he couldn't play out. It really
00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:18.390
hurts." End quote.
00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:20.550
The father's attempts to find out what
00:37:20.560 --> 00:37:22.950
happened to his son came to an abrupt
00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:25.430
end in 2015
00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:28.069
when his body was found in his bedset in
00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:31.030
Lowto, less than 10 miles from Great
00:37:31.040 --> 00:37:35.030
Yamas on Wednesday the 7th of January.
00:37:35.040 --> 00:37:37.349
True to his word, he had stayed in the
00:37:37.359 --> 00:37:39.510
radius of the area where his son had
00:37:39.520 --> 00:37:42.470
gone missing, waiting for any kind of
00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:45.349
answer or outcome.
00:37:45.359 --> 00:37:47.510
The police described his death as
00:37:47.520 --> 00:37:50.470
nonsuspicious with a file being prepared
00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:52.390
and sent to the coroner for the
00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:54.630
53year-old.
00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:56.790
No sooner had news of his passing
00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:59.829
reached the media, however, then reports
00:37:59.839 --> 00:38:03.190
of his past were published in the press.
00:38:03.200 --> 00:38:05.589
A freedom of information request
00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:08.870
submitted by the Sunday People newspaper
00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:11.109
revealed that he'd served a six-month
00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:13.910
prison term in 1997
00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:16.390
after he pleaded guilty to having sex
00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:20.069
with a 12-year-old girl in 1987,
00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:23.190
10 years before he went to court. He
00:38:23.200 --> 00:38:25.270
just missed out on being added to the
00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:28.069
sex offenders register which started
00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:32.069
operation on the 1st of September 1997
00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:34.310
as his court case was heard prior to
00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:37.190
this coming into existence.
00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:39.270
This meant that he was never listed as
00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:41.430
an offender and would not have been
00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:43.750
flagged to police as such when they did
00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:46.710
a sweep of all sex offenders in the area
00:38:46.720 --> 00:38:49.109
of Great Yarmouth as part of the Daniel
00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:52.790
Antwistle investigation.
00:38:52.800 --> 00:38:54.630
Although much was made of this
00:38:54.640 --> 00:38:56.870
information in the press and without
00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:59.190
question the offense itself was
00:38:59.200 --> 00:39:01.750
horrendous and surely had a lasting
00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:04.870
impact on the victim. It doesn't seem to
00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:07.510
implicate David Antwistle in any way
00:39:07.520 --> 00:39:10.069
with the disappearance of his son.
00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:11.750
Although I'm sure there will have been
00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:14.150
people reading the articles and linking
00:39:14.160 --> 00:39:16.870
the information together.
00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:20.390
The 1987 offense was committed against a
00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:23.109
female victim, and there appears to have
00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:26.870
been no recurrences across the years.
00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:29.589
David seemed wholly devastated about the
00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:31.829
disappearance of his son and by the
00:39:31.839 --> 00:39:34.069
breakdown of his marriage, and the
00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:35.910
police would have interviewed both
00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:37.910
parents thoroughly in the wake of
00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:40.630
Daniel's disappearance to rule both of
00:39:40.640 --> 00:39:43.109
them out as having any involvement as
00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:46.710
part of standard procedure.
00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:50.550
After the media attention in 2015,
00:39:50.560 --> 00:39:53.670
Daniel's case went quiet again until the
00:39:53.680 --> 00:39:56.630
20th anniversary of his disappearance in
00:39:56.640 --> 00:39:58.710
2023.
00:39:58.720 --> 00:40:01.430
Councelor Michael Gil, whose burough
00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:04.310
included Copperfield Avenue, former home
00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:07.270
of the Antwistle family, spoke to the
00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:10.550
press about the case, saying, quote, "It
00:40:10.560 --> 00:40:12.630
was a terrible tragedy for the Barrack
00:40:12.640 --> 00:40:15.990
estate. like everyone else, I would like
00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:18.470
to know what's happened. I send my
00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:20.870
condolences to his relatives." End
00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:22.390
quote.
00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:25.430
He mentioned how sadly Daniel's name was
00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:27.829
rarely mentioned in the area after two
00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:31.030
decades had passed. Quote, "There's not
00:40:31.040 --> 00:40:33.270
many people who remember it now, which
00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:36.150
is a shame." End quote.
00:40:36.160 --> 00:40:38.310
Jill's interview was one of the first
00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:40.550
times Daniel's case had been mentioned
00:40:40.560 --> 00:40:43.430
in the media for some time, likely
00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:45.670
encouraging many of the locals in Great
00:40:45.680 --> 00:40:48.310
Yarmouth to search for information about
00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:50.950
the case, especially if they had moved
00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:53.270
to the area in the years since it had
00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:57.829
happened and knew little about it.
00:40:57.839 --> 00:41:01.910
So, where is the case now? As it stands,
00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:04.309
Daniel Antwistle's case is tucked away
00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:06.790
in the unsolved archive at Norfolk
00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:08.390
Constabulary.
00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:11.109
It is currently overseen by the Unsolved
00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:13.990
case review manager for the Force, Andy
00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:17.030
Guy, who last spoke publicly about the
00:41:17.040 --> 00:41:19.829
case in May 2023,
00:41:19.839 --> 00:41:23.270
20 years after Daniel vanished. He said,
00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:26.390
quote, "We recognize the enormity of two
00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:28.550
decades passing since Daniel went
00:41:28.560 --> 00:41:31.190
missing and the impact this has had on
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his family in that time. As a force, we
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remain committed to finding answers for
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them, and we have continued to explore
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new lines of inquiry in this case in
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response to new and credible
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information.
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In the last 5 years, we have pursued 12
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pieces of information passed to us.
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However, despite the original
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investigation carried out in 2003,
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our continued efforts and the subsequent
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appeals in the intervening years, no
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information or evidence has yet
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established what happened to Daniel
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since the last confirmed sighting of him
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on the 3rd of May, 2003. End quote.
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In the years since 2003, authorities
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have followed up 2,500
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lines of inquiry and have taken 580
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statements as a result.
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As always, there is surely a lot more
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information tucked away in the archives
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at the police station than has been
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released to the public. But the stark
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lack of sightings since the 3rd of May
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2003 is hugely alarming.
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Police have never ruled out the
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possibility that Daniel may have been
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abducted. And the area around Trinity
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Key where his bike was found seems like
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a black area in relation to CCTV
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if somebody had intended to snatch the
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little boy.
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The last recorded sighting of him was at
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the petrol station, meaning that if he
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had gone to Trinity K to play on his
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bike or meet friends, none of this was
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picked up on camera. Could it be
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possible that someone knew that a group
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of boys often met in that area and had
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been lingering in the hopes of picking
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one up? Did they know that the area
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wasn't covered by CCTV cameras and
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decide to take a chance? If Daniel was
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abducted, where was he taken?
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Any suggestions of the seven-year-old
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running away seemed to have been
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eliminated fairly early. After all, why
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would he have gone anywhere without his
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bike? And if he intended to run away,
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why didn't he take any more items with
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him? There's no mention of any clothes
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or personal possessions being missing
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from his home,
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and one would think he would have taken
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at least a change of clothes with him if
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he intended to leave for any period of
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time.
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The theory which seems to have been
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given most weight by police, is the
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consideration that Daniel may have
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fallen over the low wall dividing
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Trinity Key from the fast flowing river
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year below.
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Daniel Antwistle couldn't swim, and the
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strong movement of the tidal water would
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have swept away an unsuspecting small
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figure rapidly.
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The biggest question in this scenario,
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though, is whether the seven-year-old
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could have been dragged away so quickly
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that he wouldn't be found. A search for
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him began just hours after he
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disappeared, and searches of the water
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started within 24 hours. Could the river
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have swept him out to sea in that time?
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Police employed the services of tidal
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experts, the Coast Guard, and Sona
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Technology. Is it feasible that none of
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these search teams would have found any
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evidence at all of the missing boy?
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Ultimately, any suggestions as to what
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may have happened to 7-year-old Daniel
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Antwistle are purely speculation.
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Beyond the CCTV images captured on
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Saturday the 3rd of May 2003,
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there is little evidence to indicate
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where he may have gone or whether there
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is a chance that he may still be alive.
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We can only hope that some of the
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information which has been submitted to
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police in recent years could contain the
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vital clue to lead to the case being
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solved, or that a crucial witness may
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yet come forward who may not have spoken
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up before.
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Daniel's family have been devastated by
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his disappearance.
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They went from being a unit of five
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living in a desirable seaside resort to
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being a divided family.
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The impact on Daniel's parents and
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siblings must be unspeakable.
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It's impossible to imagine the
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longlasting trauma which must come from
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a parent losing a child.
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We know that David Antwistle fell
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heavily into drink in the years since
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Daniel went missing and died at a young
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age. People deal with trauma, grief, and
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loss in vastly different ways, with some
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finding solace in substances as they
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struggle to deal with emotions.
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Paula was griefstricken in the months
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after her young son's disappearance, and
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still had the additional responsibility
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of caring for her other two boys, one of
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whom was just 2 years old at the time.
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As Paula herself said, "How does one
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come to terms with losing a child when
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there is no body to mourn,
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Daniel Antwistle would be in his early
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30s if he was still alive today. He
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should have had a normal upbringing
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surrounded by his family and friends. He
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should have been able to finish school
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and move into a job which he loved or
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have a family of his own. Instead,
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something unknown happened on Saturday
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the 3rd of May, 2003, which changed the
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lives of many people and left a stream
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of unanswered questions behind.
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If you have any information about the
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disappearance of Daniel Antwistle, who
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was last seen on Saturday the 3rd of
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May, 2003,
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please contact Norfolk Police on 101 or
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by heading to their website
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or you can contact the Unsolved Case
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Reviews team to provide information
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directly on 01 953
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4238.
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819.
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Information can also be submitted
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anonymously via Crimestoppers by calling
00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:08.630
0800LE
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5LE1
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or by filling out their online anonymous
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form.