Overview
- CCTV places the 19-year-old leaving Stonemill Rise around 12:30am, then walking along Mill Lane and onto Appley Lane North at about 12:40am.
- Search operations remain active with specialist officers, police dogs, drones, and mountain rescue teams deployed in the Appley Bridge area.
- Investigators ask for dashcam or CCTV recorded between roughly 12:30am and 3am on 13 December, especially from the Bridge Inn to Hall Lane on Appley Lane North.
- His family describe him as vulnerable following a bereavement and issue urgent appeals for his safe return.
- He is 5ft 10in with short black hair, last seen in a black Carhartt jacket, black jeans and black Doc Martens with a backpack; sightings should be reported to 999 and other information to 101 quoting log 0120 of December 13.