UK UK - Damien Nettles, 16, Isle of Wight England, 2 Nov 1996

[Little Jedi]

I'm kinda getting the impression the family have a pretty good idea of what happened but no actual proof/evidence

A STORY ABOUT MURDER - with two theoretical endings

*Names have been changed to avoid accusing where we do not yet have evidence

Chapter 1 - What happened before the murder.......

Chapter 2 - Theory One of what happened next..........

........ He knows that the sail bag that he was buried in has probably preserved the kid somewhat and if he was ever found, the kid would be identified no problem.

But until that day, he walks free.

:dunno: I'm going with Theory One !

http://whathapenedtodamiennettles.blogspot.no/2012/06/story-about-murder-with-two-possible.html?m=1

 

[Little Jedi]

The Isle of Wight

 

[ekardh]

The Isle of Wight is only a short ferry ride away from me and I've taken a great interest in Damien's disappearance. I wish we could watch the whole CCTV footage of Damien in the fish n' chip shop. I've seen clips from a BBC article that show Damien waving as he leaves the shop (pictured a few posts above), but the footage circulating online is only 20 seconds long - why? There might be some detail, however tiny, that could give us a clue. Of course I'm sure the authorities and Nettles family have already reviewed the footage. I wouldn't mind seeing it myself, though.

Five men were arrested in 2011, without charge. There are five guys with Damien in the CCTV footage. Was it them?

I wonder if the police really "lost" the CCTV of Damien walking home?

 

[dotr]

With all that water around, it is almost surprising that Damien is rumoured to be buried on land.
If true, could that suggest, the person/s responsible for Damien's disappearance, have some kind of sentimental attachment to him?

 

[gray_v]

I grew up just across the water from the Isle Of Wight, and I remember this case very well whilst growing up, mainly from seeing it reported on Crimewatch. It seems like the family have ideas on what happened, I wish they could get closure on this case. So sad.

 

[butterflynat]

I wonder if it would be possible to get a journalist or documentary maker interested in this case. Seems like it could be solved with the right pressure and resources. If other young lads were involved they still have a chance to get this heavy weight of their hearts.

 

[dotr]

The time is right for someone to send an anonymous note if necessary, to let the family know where their beloved son can be located, it is not too late to do the right thing! imo.

 

[ekardh]

*BUMPING FOR DAMIEN*

I think he was assaulted by the blokes in the chip shop. If you watch the CCTV, Damien looks somewhat out of place with the rest of them, like he's trying to fit in. Maybe one of them took a dislike to Damien, and after they left the chip shop this guy finds an excuse to wail on him. Next thing, Damien's unconscious, they all panic and agree to bundle him into the back of their car and dispose of his body somewhere?

 

[DanceCard]

There's an interesting article on today's BBC News website about Damien's disappearance.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36865349

 

[skibaboo]

There's an interesting article on today's BBC News website about Damien's disappearance.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36865349

Oh! I didn't know Damien had a thread, I guess I should have looked better. I posted about this in the UK case thread.

This is my post

Not sure if there is a thread here for the case, but just came across this and thought I would put it here. I will defo be watching!

Unsolved: Has BBC Three found the new Making a Murderer? Watch the chilling trailer now

BBC Three has followed in the footsteps of Making a Murderer and Serial with a brand new true crime documentary - and you can watch the chilling trailer right here.

Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared sees journalists Bronagh Munro and Alys Harte investigating the disappearance of 16-year-old Damien after a night out on the Isle of Wight 20 years ago.

All Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared content will be published online at the same time, on bbc.co.uk/bbcthree at 10am on Monday, July 25.

You can watch all 8 episodes of the docu on the BBC iPlayer from today.

 

[DanceCard]

Oh! I didn't know Damien had a thread, I guess I should have looked better. I posted about this in the UK case thread.

This is my post



You can watch all 8 episodes of the docu on the BBC iPlayer from today.

Thanks for this. I don't remember to check the UK thread very often, so thank you for reminding me about it! I'll subscribe to it.

 

[ekardh]

Damien is currently trending on Twitter. I thought they might have made a breakthrough but it's about the new TV documentary.

I still suspect the guys in the chip shop. I think Damien fell in with the wrong crowd that night and something went down. Although I would've expected one of them to crack if they were the ones arrested in 2011. That depends on how vigorously they were questioned.

 

[dotr]

Amazing to see this case getting attention, hope that it some small way it lifts the hearts of his family and the possibility that Damian can finally be located!

 

[ekardh]

There's an interesting article on today's BBC News website about Damien's disappearance.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36865349

This article gives more details on Damien's movements that night. Apparently several witnesses said that a man believed to be Damien was visibly intoxicated or drugged. It goes on to say that Damien could've gone home via the seafront, although his mother reckons Damien knew better than that. Unfortunately, a mother's love is often blind and if Damien was on something that night his usual judgement would've been impaired. He could've fallen into the water and drowned.

 

[meanmaryjean]

Interesting. Never heard of this case before. My youngest daughter's boyfriend lives in Sandown IOW. Lovely place.

 

[Atoz]

After watching the CCTV footage in the documentary that includes the sound from the chip shop, it really does seem like Damien was on some sort of hallucinogen. The way he looks at all the other people in the chip shop with a look of curious amusement and then when he comes to order, he's unable to form sentences. He just says something like 'one....erm, yeah one.' And it's not in a drunken kind of way.

If that were to be the case, lsd or something, then he could've encountered various types of difficulty wandering around on his own at night afterwards; whether that be with other people, or just putting himself in danger beside the ocean.

 

[dotr]

Not sure that i understand the part about the camera, was it his camera, or had he " taken ' it from the party?
Somewhere there must be a camera that someone either found or took from Damien, might answers be found in the pictures presumably taken, or did Damien trade it in for something else?
imo, speculation.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/what-happened-damien-nettles-unsolved-8490429
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Damien Nettles and his family before apparently vanished without a trace

t was the last time Valerie would ever see her loving, larger-than-life son.

He was wearing blue jeans and a black fleece - he didn't take a bag or any other belongings.

Damien's father, Edward, dropped him at his best friend Chris Boon's house.

At around 7.30pm along with Chris' brother Davey, they headed to a fairly low-key house party in East Cowes.

There were three couples at the house and Damien was the only one on his own.

Chris Boon says he thought Damien wanted to leave because he was bored while his brother

Davey thinks Damien might have been leaving to buy cannabis, as his regular dealer had been letting him down since the summer.

Damien and Chris left the party at roughly 9.30pm. They used the small ferry to travel back across to West Cowes, stopping to buy cider along the way.

Damien was carrying a black camera that he had taken with him from the party. It has never been found.

 

[jslk]

I was brought here by the BBC article which is on today's 'most read' list. In the timeline of what happened I'm not sure when he is meant to have ingested the drug (s).. seems he was still with his friend for quite a long time after being described as appearing intoxicated...? Doesn't his friend know what he took and where he got it? I was 16 (same as Damien) when this happened and in the UK and this is the first I've heard of this sad case

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[jslk]

I'm watching the documentary online now (BBC3). His friend agrees it looks like Damien is high in the chip shop cctv. He's tracked by cctv extensively up to that point so I would hope that would confirm or exclude some possibilities?

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[samwilzrhcp]

Just binge watched the series on BBC3, and after reading some of his mothers blog posts, the one person who sticks out in my mind is his friend Chris Boon, very shifty to begin with, and held information back at the start of the documentary.


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