It is every person's – particularly every parent's – worst nightmare. For a loved one to walk out through the front door and never to return is one of the most heartbreaking, terrifying and harrowing experiences someone can go through. Not to know the fate of a person close to you is simply agonising – did they choose to disappear? Were they involved in an accident or did something even worse befall them? Not knowing for sure and being uncertain as to whether you should be saying goodbye or waiting for news of their return makes for a life in limbo. Every day in the UK, a staggering 600 people go missing. Most return within 72 hours of disappearing but there are still a large number that are never seen again. Some are students who take off to distant countries without telling their parents and then disappear; some are husbands who have left the marital home to come to terms with their own problems, there are runaways, unexplained disappearances and missing parents. In this compelling book, journalist Rose Rouse is granted exclusive access to the mothers, brothers, sons, wives, sisters and daughters of those who have vanished without trace. Take 19-year-old Eddie Gibson who went missing in Cambodia in 2004 – his courageous mother just wants her son back; or Tyler Blake, whose mother went missing when he was three – now nine years old, he desperately misses her and wants her back. Rose shares in the turmoil that they have endured in their quest to be reunited with these who have disappeared from their lives.
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Rose Rouse. Missing - Every Year, Thousands of People Vanish Without Trace. Here are the True Stories Behind Some of These Mysteries
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction
Madeleine McCann
I Miss My Sweet, Gorgeous Son
I Just Want My Husband to Come Home
Why Hasn’t Anyone Found My Mum?
I Loved My Mum and Dad but I Missed My Birth Parents
My Son Did Not Run Away From Home
I Didn’t Know if My Little Girl Was Dead or Alive
I Found My Dad 30 Years Later
We’ve Never Stopped Waiting For You to Walk In
My Big Brother Is Out There Somewhere, Living Like a Saint
My Dream Came True When I Found My Half-brothers
I Ran Away and Hated It
Your Mother and I Think About You Every Day
I Was Reunited with My Mother and We Are So Alike
Epilogue
Resources and Helplines. Missing People
The Salvation Army
The Children’s Society
Self-Harm
Other Useful Internet Sites
Copyright
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To all those people whose loved ones are still missing.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE SONNET XLIII
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On the day marking a month since Madeleine’s disappearance, there was a special service in Praia da Luz. Kate broke down when a young Portuguese girl kissed her on the cheek as the congregation exchanged signs of peace. The Igreja Nossa Senhora da Luz church has been their sanctuary and the place local people have shown them enormous amounts of care, concern and love. Again and again, the McCanns returned to this church for strength and the courage to carry on. ‘It is incredibly difficult not having Madeleine here,’ said Gerry, ‘as every day and week becomes a month. We still believe she is out there and alive, and we remain positive and determined that we will find her with everyone’s help.’
Madeleine’s picture was also screened during the FA Cup final to an estimated audience of 500 million. Gordon Brown wore a yellow ribbon to demonstrate his solidarity. She has also been the cover story on scores of publications, including People magazine in the USA, where Oprah Winfrey invited the McCanns to appear on her talk show.
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