Deceased/Not Found UK - Steven Clark, 23, disabled, Saltburn, Dec 1992

[Inspector Evans]

How did his father or even both manage to do that?

My realistic assumption was there might've been an altercation at the house that day. Or the day before.

His Father admitted in the docu he'd got physical with him previously when he turned up drunk one night from nearby pub so not hard to see things escalating with him getting older and tension of Xmas.

He also didn't go to the football match that day which imo is another significant detail that should've been investigated much more thoroughly. Why? Again his Father claims he didn't want to pay his own way but that makes little sense as he'd recently won that gifted award which came with sizeable grant for the time and football prices in 1992 were nowhere near the prices they are today, guessing a tenner to get in.

Too many holes in the parents story of that day I'm afraid that I don't think was probably scrutinised at the time by local police and media as I find too much of it far fetched.

 

[wtiger]

always been dubious of the parents account of that day - something just does not smell right about this case to me

 

[Spy Versus Spy]

Man missing for 28 years in 'unsolved murder' seen in footage

Apologies if this has been posted before, I have been reading the thread with great interest and do not remember seeing it.

There has been a lot of questions about how disabled Steven was and his ability to walk (or even run) distances. This clip shows him walking and a very small amount of him talking as well which I think gives us a real insight into the level of disability he had..

Just bumping this post from earlier in the Thread for anyone who hasnt seen it. It briefly shows Steven walking and using IT.

 

[ekardh]

My realistic assumption was there might've been an altercation at the house that day. Or the day before.

His Father admitted in the docu he'd got physical with him previously when he turned up drunk one night from nearby pub so not hard to see things escalating with him getting older and tension of Xmas.

He also didn't go to the football match that day which imo is another significant detail that should've been investigated much more thoroughly. Why? Again his Father claims he didn't want to pay his own way but that makes little sense as he'd recently won that gifted award which came with sizeable grant for the time and football prices in 1992 were nowhere near the prices they are today, guessing a tenner to get in.

Too many holes in the parents story of that day I'm afraid that I don't think was probably scrutinised at the time by local police and media as I find too much of it far fetched.

And apparently the last sighting of Steven independent of his parents was 3 days before he went missing, so if they were responsible, they had time to get rid of the body before they concocted their alibis.

No one can verify that Charles went to the football match, and no one can verify that Doris and Steven were on the walk. If the latter could be verified, that would at least lend some credence to Doris' story, but the fact there's no trace of the parents movements that day is a massive red flag.

 

[ctaylor]

Just had another look in newspaper archives and this is an article from The Northern Echo of 20 September 1999 and again Steven's father states that Steven was seen 3 days later and "behaved as if he didn't want to be found". How would a witness know that? 3 days later would have been New Years Eve and if he didn't want to be found he would surely not be in the area or be laying low on a busy day?