Germany Louise Kerton, 24, travelled from UK to Germany/Belgium/England, 30 July 2001
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Jan 2002 - 5 1/2 months after the disappearance -
AN ex-Scotland-Yard detective hired to find missing Broadstairs nurse Louise Kerton has admitted he thinks she is dead. [...]
Former Chief Superintendent Dai Davies says police on both sides of the Channel have failed to investigate her disappearance properly. In an interview with the Sunday Express, Mr Davies said he was “convinced there has been foul play”. [...]
The search for Louise suffered a major setback in November, when the family found that German police had been looking for the wrong person. [...]
"...She doesn’t speak any foreign languages, so could only associate with English speakers.”
Ex-Yard chief: I think missing Louise is dead
AN ex-Scotland-Yard detective hired to find missing Broadstairs nurse Louise Kerton has admitted he thinks she is dead. [...]
Former Chief Superintendent Dai Davies says police on both sides of the Channel have failed to investigate her disappearance properly. In an interview with the Sunday Express, Mr Davies said he was “convinced there has been foul play”. [...]
The search for Louise suffered a major setback in November, when the family found that German police had been looking for the wrong person. [...]
"...She doesn’t speak any foreign languages, so could only associate with English speakers.”
Ex-Yard chief: I think missing Louise is dead
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1995 - Louise ( 17 yrs ) met Peter ( 31 or 32 yrs )
2001 disappearance
Louise - 24 yrs
Peter - 38 yrs
Louise's father - 56 yrs
Peter's mother - 65 yrs
2021
Louise would be 44 yrs
Peter - 58 yrs
Louise's father - 76 yrs
Peter's mother - 85 yrs
2001 disappearance
Louise - 24 yrs
Peter - 38 yrs
Louise's father - 56 yrs
Peter's mother - 65 yrs
2021
Louise would be 44 yrs
Peter - 58 yrs
Louise's father - 76 yrs
Peter's mother - 85 yrs
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Another recent article, which includes lots of different images, including one of LK with PS. The age difference is notable. From these images, the warmth in her family of origin is evident and it is nice to see LK so happy in the early photos. A contrast I would say to some of the later images of her as a teenager/young adult.
Missing: Louise Kerton's father speaks out on 20th anniversary of disappearance
Missing: Louise Kerton's father speaks out on 20th anniversary of disappearance
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Louise met Peter at an ice rink when she was 17. He was 14 years her senior yet they hit it off.
After a year, he invited her to move in to his flat in Broadstairs within a property owned by his German mother who lived there with another son, Michael.
Louise’s parents Phil and Kath found her new boyfriend pleasant and likeable but came to view his family — led by domineering Mrs Simon — as odd.
Phil said: “He never seemed to work and we couldn’t help thinking, what has he been living on? Mrs Simon didn’t trust anyone in authority, police, doctors or dentists.
“And we suspected they didn’t like Louise phoning us much. One of his brothers had taken his life and another, Michael, was mentally unwell and had been accused of killing a woman.
“He was cleared but after the case she didn’t let any doctor see him over his mental health. The only treatment he had was when his mother would give him something to calm him down if he got overwrought.”
[...]
In the summer of 2001 she [Louise] was told she had failed her third year and would have to repeat it.
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“Mrs Simon also said Louise had fallen ill but as she didn’t trust doctors she was medicating her with antibiotics she had bought from a pharmacist.”
In July, Peter travelled back to the UK alone to receive a delivery for the house in Kent.
[...]
Having left the car in a no-parking zone, she took Louise into the ticket hall, said goodbye and left without seeing if Louise bought a ticket for the 12.04pm service to Ostend.
Back in the UK, having heard Louise was on her way, Peter frantically knocked on neighbours’ doors trying unsuccessfully to get a lift to Dover then took a taxi to the port.
But when he arrived and realised Louise was not on the 7pm catamaran from Ostend, staff said he became noticeably emotional.
Phil said: “He was in tears. He was demanding they check under seats for her and things like that.” [...]
Peter told her sister Francesca that Louise had missed the catamaran — and he feared she was dead. In a second call that day with another sister, Angela, Peter kept referring to Louise in the past tense. She said: “He was talking as if Louise was dead.”
Over the years, all efforts to find Louise petered out. The Simons moved away from Strassfeld and Peter is now thought to be living in Switzerland.
20 years on, no one knows what happened to my girl who went missing in Germany
After a year, he invited her to move in to his flat in Broadstairs within a property owned by his German mother who lived there with another son, Michael.
Louise’s parents Phil and Kath found her new boyfriend pleasant and likeable but came to view his family — led by domineering Mrs Simon — as odd.
Phil said: “He never seemed to work and we couldn’t help thinking, what has he been living on? Mrs Simon didn’t trust anyone in authority, police, doctors or dentists.
“And we suspected they didn’t like Louise phoning us much. One of his brothers had taken his life and another, Michael, was mentally unwell and had been accused of killing a woman.
“He was cleared but after the case she didn’t let any doctor see him over his mental health. The only treatment he had was when his mother would give him something to calm him down if he got overwrought.”
[...]
In the summer of 2001 she [Louise] was told she had failed her third year and would have to repeat it.
[...]
“Mrs Simon also said Louise had fallen ill but as she didn’t trust doctors she was medicating her with antibiotics she had bought from a pharmacist.”
In July, Peter travelled back to the UK alone to receive a delivery for the house in Kent.
[...]
Having left the car in a no-parking zone, she took Louise into the ticket hall, said goodbye and left without seeing if Louise bought a ticket for the 12.04pm service to Ostend.
Back in the UK, having heard Louise was on her way, Peter frantically knocked on neighbours’ doors trying unsuccessfully to get a lift to Dover then took a taxi to the port.
But when he arrived and realised Louise was not on the 7pm catamaran from Ostend, staff said he became noticeably emotional.
Phil said: “He was in tears. He was demanding they check under seats for her and things like that.” [...]
Peter told her sister Francesca that Louise had missed the catamaran — and he feared she was dead. In a second call that day with another sister, Angela, Peter kept referring to Louise in the past tense. She said: “He was talking as if Louise was dead.”
Over the years, all efforts to find Louise petered out. The Simons moved away from Strassfeld and Peter is now thought to be living in Switzerland.
20 years on, no one knows what happened to my girl who went missing in Germany
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Tortoise this rang alarm bells with me as well. Makes no sense at all.
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In the Kent Online article in my previous post, it states: "In late July, Peter returned to Broadstairs to deal with an issue at the family's house."
Presumably this was something urgent, and Louise followed. Interesting yes, that she didn't travel with him. Cost perhaps?
Presumably this was something urgent, and Louise followed. Interesting yes, that she didn't travel with him. Cost perhaps?
Perhaps because she was already dead?
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Where's that headshaking emoticon when you need it? Following this with widening eyes. Her poor family. They should not have had to do all the moving and shaking on this, still less have paid out of their own pocket to so much as get some questions asked. After 20 years you wonder how many of them can ever be answered though. It's tragic that her mum died without ever knowing what happened. 
Thanks, all those of you who have been updating the thread over the weekend.
Thanks, all those of you who have been updating the thread over the weekend.
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Her cards were used in Kent after she went missing????
What the?
Serious side eye going on here, only the BF came back to Kent!
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Poor Louise and her parents.
She was only 17 when she met this man. In my opinion, she became just trapped in this dysfunctional... situation.
It's a pity more evidence wasn't found back in 2001.
and her parents. She was only 17 when she met this man. In my opinion, she became just trapped in this dysfunctional... situation.
It's a pity more evidence wasn't found back in 2001.
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How on earth could this have been so bungled. Her poor family.
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Interesting to read the comments about Louise's mood and demeanour by neighbours in this article.... She moped around, and at once seemed to be so ill she had to be helped up the stairs into the house.
Do we know how her health and temperament were generally?
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