Hi, and welcome back to The Unseen Podcast, a podcast dedicated to missing
people, unresolved cases and UK true crime. Today's episode eleven of our twelve
days of Missing person episodes throughout December, and we are going to be discussing
the disappearance of Philip Frasier in twenty twenty one. Pelipe's disappearance hit the headlines
and was reported on quite heavily at the time. However, since then there
has been little published about any progress on the case more recently. This episode
is about a missing person and so does not contain any graphic details, but
listener discretion is advised. The hut Nanni is a live music venue and events
space located in the area of Brixton in South London in the London borough of
Lambeth. It's a well known club where many people in the area flocked to
see DJs, listen to live music and eat good food. It's a lively
and busy place which attracts lots of different types of people. Philippe Fraser had
worked at the Huton Annie for around a decade by the time that twenty twenty
one came around. He had a close connection to the club given that his
aunt owned it. He had been working in hospitality for a long time and
was a well known face at the Houghton Annie, known to many of the
customers. His family have described him as being well loved at the venue and
said that customers knew him and his personality. During the COVID pandemic, the
hospitality industry was hit hard, and therefore so was the Houton Annie. It
closed during this time and the family instead spent a lot of time together.
It reported that Philippe had spent day and night with his dad Alistair and his
stepmom Jean, and they became very close. He was known to love nature
and the outdoors and love to go out and his mountain bike into the countryside.
He was also a passionate photographer who would go out and photograph nature and
interesting things that he came across. He was also described as a film buff
who enjoyed going to the cinema, particularly His favorite cinema was the Ritzy Cinema
in Brixton, where he would go often. During the summer of twenty twenty
one, COVID restrictions were beginning to relax and the world was going back to
some normality. This meant that the hospitality industry were able to get back to
normal, and therefore so could the hut Nanni and all of its employees.
On June the eighth, twenty twenty one, Philippe left his home, which
was above the houton Any in Brixton. He was later shown on CCTV to
believe in carrying two rucksacks. This, however, was the last known sighting
of Philippe. He was a reliable person, and his stepmom would later say
about his disappearance, It's very unlike him. He always told his family where
he was going. He always came to shifts, to the pub. He
would never not turn up. That's why we were very concerned. When his
family didn't hear from him, they quickly knew something must be wrong. Philipe
always kept in contact and it was very out of character for him to go
somewhere without telling someone. His family decided to reach out to the police to
report him missing, and they quickly began looking for him. Philippe's disappearance did
capture the public's attention, particularly when high profile celebrities in the UK began talking
about it. One of these people was the Game of Thrones actress Rose Leslie
Rose is Philippe's cousin and she appealed for information about his disappearance. She posted
twelve days after Philippe was last seen, and it was also significant as the
twentieth of June was his birthday. She posted a video saying it's your birthday
to day, but you've been missing since the eighth of June. Your friends
and family are very worried about you, so please get in touch and a
very happy birthday to you wherever you are. TV presenter John Snow also posted
about Philip's disappearance and it thankfully did get publicity at the time. His family
appealed to the public and also made searches of their own all over London.
They particularly focused on areas that they thought he would go to, such as
q Bridge in Richmond and Epping Forest in Essex, which were two of his
favorite photography spots. They put leaflets up in local supermarkets and cafes in the
hope that someone had seen him. A description of him was also circulated.
Philip was described as around five feet ten inches tall, of slim build,
with brown hair and blue eyes. It was stated that he usually dressed in
neutral colors such as navy blue or black. The family stated that they looked
all over London, working in shifts, trying to find him. They were
even more concerned when they realized that Philippe had not taken any of his photography
equipment with him, and so searching in these photography sparks seemed pointless given that
he seemed to not have been heading to any of these. The family also
got another shock when they were told that Philipe may not have been in London
at all. They found out that the day after he had last been seen,
he had actually left the country. They were told that he may be
in the Alps. His stepmom Jean stated, I wish we'd known before we
launched that massive search in London. Now we're looking in the Alps. The
Alps is a huge area. This was a massive surprise and changed the course
of the investigation. If Philippe was not in London and in the Alps,
he could be in numerous places, and this of course made the investigation all
the more difficult. It begged the question of why he'd wanted to disappear,
what had made him leave that day and not contact his family, whom he
was close with Gina stated in newspaper reports that Philippe had been looking forward to
going back to work after the COVID restrictions were lifted. However, he may
well have been feeling apprehensive about going back to work in the hospitality industry after
such a long time of being at home. It's been suggested that Philipe may
well have been in a vulnerable or distressed state at the time that he left
home, and this could have been a trigger for his disappearance. In the
first couple of weeks after his disappearance, Philippe's family asked that if he was
seen by anyone in the area of the Alps, that they should approach him
sensitively, as he may well have been distressed. I think it's so important
to highlight the effect that COVID had on many people across the world, and
the relaxing of restrictions did cause many people worry and genuine concern mental health following
the COVID pandemic cannot be ignored. Whatever the reasons for Philip's disappearance, he
has still not been located, and over two years since he vanished, there
has not been much reported on about his case. His family were and clearly
are desperate to know what happened and where he is, and they just want
to know that he is alive and well. His safety is what they care
about most, and it's so crucial that if anyone has information about Philip's disappearance
that they contact police on one oh one or the missing People website, which
I will link in the show notes. Philip's family have also listed an email
address on some articles to contact them directly with information, and I will also
link this in the notes. Thank you for listening to episode eleven of our
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