Found Deceased UK - Nicholas Harper, 50, left to go to work in York, car found in car park, Pickering, 7 Feb 2019

[chimpface]

Worried for this man.

 

[cybervampira]

Police keep 'open mind' in search for missing man

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A police spokesman said: “We are still receiving calls from members of the public in relation to the disappearance of Nicholas. We will follow up on all of the information provided and we are keeping an open mind as to what has happened.”

If you help, phone police on 101.

 

[M_E123]

I live in Helmsley. Definitely a deliberate choice sadly I can’t stop thinking about him

 

[CoverMeCagney]

I live in Helmsley. Definitely a deliberate choice sadly I can’t stop thinking about him

Welcome, and lucky you, I love Helmsley! Is that the general local consensus, do you think, that Nicholas went off to kill himself?

 

[Skigh]

The pressure schools put on teachers is intense.
With a family to support he could have felt he could not just leave.
Many teachers are at breaking point.

 

[M_E123]

Welcome, and lucky you, I love Helmsley! Is that the general local consensus, do you think, that Nicholas went off to kill himself?

Thank you! I was googling his name to see if there were any updates and found this forum. Yeah it is unfortunately :/ the woods he went into are huge and dense and because he’s an “ultra runner” who knows how far out he went or even up onto the moors, I also know he was very depressed in his teaching job. I’m torn as to whether he wanted to be alone and “in private” somewhere to kill himself or if he just wasn’t thinking and wanted to go off grid? The night he disappeared it was extremely cold though

 

[M_E123]

The pressure schools put on teachers is intense.
With a family to support he could have felt he could not just leave.
Many teachers are at breaking point.

I don’t know if discussing more personal things is okay?? but yeah my friends little sister was in his maths class and he gave her and some of his other favourite students cards the day before he disappeared and she also said that he was having a lot of observations from senior teachers etc. and she said he was a really nice guy but not a great teacher :/ I feel so awful for him honestly

 

[M_E123]

The pressure schools put on teachers is intense.
With a family to support he could have felt he could not just leave.
Many teachers are at breaking point.

yeah my friends little sister was in his maths class and he gave her and some of his other favourite students cards the day before he disappeared and she also said that he was having a lot of observations from senior teachers etc. and she said he was a really nice guy but not a great teacher :/ I feel so awful for him honestly

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Thank you! I was googling his name to see if there were any updates and found this forum. Yeah it is unfortunately :/ the woods he went into are huge and dense and because he’s an “ultra runner” who knows how far out he went or even up onto the moors, I also know he was very depressed in his teaching job. I’m torn as to whether he wanted to be alone and “in private” somewhere to kill himself or if he just wasn’t thinking and wanted to go off grid? The night he disappeared it was extremely cold though

What's your take on the sightings up near Stokesley?

 

[M_E123]

What's your take on the sightings up near Stokesley?

I’m conflicted, nothing solid seems to have come from anything and there’s tons of men in running gear around that people could mistake, the fact he was struggling with his job and gave cards out the day before just sends my gut feeling to suicide? Fingers crossed he is close by and alive though

 

[Elgana]

Wife of missing Nicholas Harper, of Pickering, renews appeal to find “brilliant” husband.

Wife of missing man renews appeal to find “brilliant” husband

 

[BobH]

he gave her and some of his other favourite students cards the day before he disappeared

What did the cards say? Anything ominous?

 

[BobH]

I wonder if the suit was left behind in the car?

He was wearing a three-piece suit when he left home, but this was found in his car. It is believed he had changed into a dark blue and black walking jacket, black trousers and running shoes.
This is the only article I can find which clearly says this
Wife of missing man renews appeal to find 'brilliant' husband

 

[zencompass]

yeah my friends little sister was in his maths class and he gave her and some of his other favourite students cards the day before he disappeared and she also said that he was having a lot of observations from senior teachers etc. and she said he was a really nice guy but not a great teacher :/ I feel so awful for him honestly

This is deeply saddening.

My heart is with his family right now, who must be beside themselves with worry.

 

[Atoz]

Oh blimey, just catching up on this one. How sad. I also think it would be very useful to know what the cards to his favourite pupils said. It's not looking good is it.

 

[BobH]

my friends little sister was in his maths class and he gave her and some of his other favourite students cards the day before he disappeared

What did the cards say? Anything ominous?

I also think it would be very useful to know what the cards to his favourite pupils said

@M_E123 - would you be able to find out what he wrote in the cards? If he said "Goodbye" that's a good indication of what happened.

 

[indicolite22]

His body has been recently found, although a formal identification is still pending:

Body found near Helmsley believed to be missing Pickering man

 

[Keine Engel]

R.I.P. Nicholas

 

[Elgana]

How sad. I am not entirely surprised but I am glad that his family can now begin to get some closure. RIP Nicholas.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Oh no, sad news. Seems he didn’t go too far away from his car after all