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He could be meeting someone in London later in the day so he had some free time to kill. Andrew would still need to catch the morning train to London to avoid being seen hanging around & skipping school in Doncaster.

He did have family in London and he often visited them with his family. I think his grandmother lived in London as well as his uncle. I wouldn't think anyone from his greater family would lie for something so serious! Another angle I am thinking is that perhaps Andrew made some other...

Has anyone been able to find more info regarding the circumstances of Tanya Jackson going missing back in 1997? Was she even reported as missing or entered in a missing persons database?

Interesting thoughts there @Inspector Evans. I agree, if he/she was a time waster, why bother going to a remote police station in person, ready to give a full statement without the anonymity of just calling the tip-line? Perhaps it was this campaign that was already running by November 2008...

Thank you so much for this change! I still remember years ago the grey and blue colors of Websleuths. The Orange was too strainful to the eyes, and I've been wanting to ask for a change for years...

Exactly! Back in 2008 using public phone boxes was still common. You could even place a call to a specific phone box and have the other person answer. The phone number was written on the box.

It's not just the Norwegian law. Privacy laws cover the whole Europe and these International DNA databases are privately held so sharing sensitive information with third parties is against European law. I wish it could be different and an exception could be made when we are talking about...

Sadly no news since last summer. Now that the weather is cooler perhaps a new search could yield results.

That is so interesting ! I didn't know such payphones existed, apparently since as early as 2003 according to a photo I found on Alamy. Does anyone know if they were available all over the UK or only in central London?

It's exactly this point I often think about. What we know of Andrew was his behavior up to adolescence. But he was 14, a time when most teenagers change behaviors, habits and start challenging the world around them so they can form their own opinions and will instead of what is expected of them.

It's interesting to think back in time, but in 2007 smartphones were not so smart, yet. They were mostly used for texting, music and as... phones! The apps were some silly games, media player, radio, calculator, etc. so there wouldn't be anything worthwhile. Perhaps only his Texts. The IPhone...

That is a possibility but to this day, we don't have any indication that there was something or someone at school that he wanted to avoid so much as willing to skip school. There could also be other reasons though, like wanting to rebel like a proper teenager for a change! It could have been a...

This was very interesting, especially listening to the interviews of JC, Emily and Kendra. I went back and listened to both the 2 previous episodes which also gave valuable clues. It seems that the story JC wants to push is that whatever happened was all Kendra's doing and he and his daughter...

Strangely enough, there was a fire in Mt Olympus on July 14th near the "Koromilia Refuge". It's not far from Litochoro. Could it be related? Fire on Olympus without an active front at an altitude of 1500 meters (in Greek)

Accidents do happen and we must accept that even when we take all precautions, even if we are healthy and fit, even if we have the latest technology to assist us, sometimes it is beyond our control. The same goes for search and rescue efforts. Sometimes, we will never know what happened, no...