Overview
- Northumbria Police, which said Thursday it had exhausted every available line of enquiry, closed the current investigation into Scott’s disappearance.
- The three people arrested on suspicion of murder in 2025 were told they face no further police action after more than a year on bail.
- Officers reopened the case in 2024 after fresh information pointed to new evidence that suggested Scott was assaulted the night he vanished.
- The renewed work focused on the Coronation Street area seen on CCTV, where police searched a home and temporarily rehoused the current occupant during forensic checks.
- Scott’s family thanked police for their efforts and urged anyone with information to come forward, a plea that follows a 2008 River Tyne search that found no trace and the continued absence of a body.