UK UK - Amanda Duncan, 26, Ipswich, Suffolk, 2 July 1993

[Al Ka]

Amanda Duncan

Mother-of-two Amanda Duncan has been missing since 1993.

Amanda was 26 when she went missing from the Portman Road area of Ipswich on the night of Friday 2 July.

It is believed that the single mum, from Balliol Close, Woodbridge, had been working in the red light district.

She left two sons - Jamie and Damien - who were aged three years and nine months respectively at the time of her disappearance.

No one has heard from Amanda since she went missing, despite intensive local and national publicity.

Police are concerned that Amanda may have come to harm, however no evidence has ever been uncovered to show that she was the victim of an abduction or attack.

Amanda’s disappearance remains a mystery, and is still an open case.

All new information relating to the case will be fully investigated. Amanda is white, 5ft 7ins tall, of medium build, with fair hair.

She has a distinctive heart-shaped tattoo on her upper arm.

Amanda Duncan

 

[Al Ka]

01 July 2013
Ipswich/Woodbridge: Police launch fresh appeal to trace Amanda Duncan 20 years after she went missing

Amanda Duncan was reported missing to police on Saturday, July 3, 1993, after her sister visited her in Balliol Close, Woodbridge, only to find her nine-month-old baby alone in the house and Miss Duncan missing.

The 26-year-old had left her three-year-old son Jamie in the care of her parents at about noon on Friday, July 2, and her youngest son, nine-month-old Damien, with a babysitter at her home in Woodbridge, before travelling to work as a prostitute in the Portman Road area of Ipswich.

Despite significant media coverage, both locally and nationally; extensive police enquiries and searches, Miss Duncan has not been found.

In the lead up to the 20 year anniversary of her disappearance police are reviewing the case and appealing for new information in the hope that they can discover what has happened to her.

At the height of the investigation a team of 20 officers worked on the case, taking 243 witness statements, conducting house to house enquiries and carrying out searches of addresses; areas known to be frequented by Amanda and with the assistance of the officers from Norfolk Constabulary Dive Team, the River Gipping in Ipswich.

At the time of her disappearance Miss Duncan, was described as white, 5ft 7ins tall, of medium build, with fair shoulder length hair. She had a distinctive heart shaped tattoo on her upper left arm and when last seen she was wearing a black leather bomber jacket, a pink knee length dress, with no sleeves, and a gold cross and chain.

On the night Miss Duncan went missing, before she started work, she visited an address in London Road, Ipswich, at around 11.10pm.

She had been involved in the misuse of drugs and it was understood she visited the house with the intention of buying drugs.

She agreed to return to the house and finalise the purchase, after finishing her work.

She was taken to Portman Road by car and dropped off at 11.30pm. She did not return to the house for her drugs.

Miss Duncan was seen speaking to the driver of a dark coloured Ford Sierra, possibly green or blue, at about 12 midnight in Portman’s Walk. This vehicle and the driver have never been traced.

Appeals were also issued to trace a second vehicle, a red Ford Orion which was seen in Portman’s Walk at 11.50pm.

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/ipswich...can-20-years-after-she-went-missing-1-2259247

(some parts above bolded by me)

Just to add, 2nd car Ford Orion was traced in later years.

Police traced a red Ford Orion that was seen in the area at 23:50 and the driver was eliminated from the inquiry.

Missing 1993 woman case 'had no suspect'

 

[Al Ka]

02 July 2018
Police issue 25th anniversary appeal to solve mystery of missing mother-of-two

Suffolk Constabulary is today issuing a 25th anniversary appeal for information about what happened to Amanda Duncan.

The 26-year-old mother of two young boys vanished from the Portman Road area of Ipswich on the night of Friday, July 2, 1993.

It is believed the single mother, from Balliol Close, Woodbridge, worked in the red light district.

“She had been dropped off in the area of Portman Road at about 11,30pm on July 2.

“She was a sex worker and she was due to be collected about an hour later, but she never returned home from Portman Road.

“We know that earlier in the evening, she had been to collect some drugs, and we know she was due to revisit that house later on, but she never went back there.”

Ms Duncan’s disappearance was quickly identified as a suspicious missing person inquiry.
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While keeping an open mind, police believe she was killed.
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“To my mind Amanda was involved in two high risk activities,” he added. “I believe the people around Amanda at that time know what became of her and it’s those individuals we’re trying to reach out to.”

Mr Guy added that although Ms Duncan was going through a troubled period of her life, there was no question of her dedication to her children.

“She came from a good family, she was a fantastic mother,” he added. “There were several references in the inquiry about how well she looked after her children and they were clean, well fed and well clothed. Those two children have grown up not knowing what happened.”

Police issue 25th anniversary appeal to solve mystery of missing mother-of-two

 

[Al Ka]

21 Feb 2008
Other possible victims of Steve Wright

Mandy Duncan, 26

A mother-of-two, Miss Duncan vanished in July 1993, while working as a prostitute in Ipswich. Her body has never been found. An anonymous letter was later found in her house threatening her life if she failed to “pay up”.

A former boyfriend of Miss Duncan, who did not want to be named, said: “I definitely think there is a link between her disappearance and Steve Wright.”

Other possible victims of Steve Wright

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Amanda - it's now been over 28 years.

Amanda Duncan
Someone out there holds the clue to what happened to missing mum Amanda...

 

[chimpface]

Doesn't really fit the MO of Steve Wright as he left his victims out on display often posed, he didn't try to hide them.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Doe Network link:

1046DFUK - Amanda Duncan

All you need to know about the mysteries behind Suffolk's missing people

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