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<v Speaker 1>Hi, and welcome back to The Unseen Podcast, a podcast

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<v Speaker 1>dedicated to missing people, unresolved cases, and UK true crime.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we're going to be exploring the disappearance of thirty

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<v Speaker 1>six year old Davina McMillan from Cambridgeshire in nineteen ninety three.

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<v Speaker 1>Her disappearance caused many who knew her to immediately know

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<v Speaker 1>that something was wrong and have been searching for answers

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<v Speaker 1>ever since. This episode is about a missing person and

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<v Speaker 1>so does not contain any descriptions of violence, but listener

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<v Speaker 1>discretion is always advised. On December twenty seventh, nineteen ninety three,

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<v Speaker 1>a missing person report came in to Cambridgeshire Constabulary from

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<v Speaker 1>a man named Gary Coulson. While Gary lived in the

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<v Speaker 1>north of the country, he was about his thirty six

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<v Speaker 1>year old sister, Divina. Devina lived in the town of

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<v Speaker 1>god Manchester in the district of Huntingdonshire in Cambridge. She

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<v Speaker 1>was originally from the Lancashire town of Acrington, where she'd

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<v Speaker 1>grown up as one of five children. Her brother Gary

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<v Speaker 1>later said she was the only girl in the family

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<v Speaker 1>and my mum doated on her. Divina loved her family

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<v Speaker 1>and was very close with her mother. She had moved

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<v Speaker 1>to live with her husband, Andrew and her four year

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<v Speaker 1>old daughter in Cambridgeshire. Andrew worked as an RAF serviceman,

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<v Speaker 1>and Divina herself had previously worked for the RAF. She

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<v Speaker 1>had been stationed both in the UK and Germany, and

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<v Speaker 1>she was dedicated to both her family and also her career.

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<v Speaker 1>By nineteen ninety three, Divina was looking for something new

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<v Speaker 1>in her professional life, and she'd enrolled at Huntingdon Regional

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<v Speaker 1>College as a mature student. Just after Christmas of nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety three, Divina's brother Gary was concerned when he hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>heard from her for a while. He was all the

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<v Speaker 1>more worried when Christmas came and went and he hadn't

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<v Speaker 1>heard anything from Divina. Their mother wasn't feeling well during

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<v Speaker 1>that time, and Divina had also not been in touch

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<v Speaker 1>with her. Considering that they were close, this was a

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<v Speaker 1>huge concern for him. He was so worried that he

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<v Speaker 1>decided to ring the police to report her missing. Cambridgeshire

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<v Speaker 1>Constabulary became involved in the investigation into where Divina may

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<v Speaker 1>have gone. Divina lived inhaling Close in god Manchester and

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<v Speaker 1>this was where the investigation centered. Early on The disappearance

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<v Speaker 1>was reported by her brother. However, it's unclear how long

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<v Speaker 1>her disappearance had been noted by those close to her

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<v Speaker 1>in Ksebridgeshire, like her husband Andrew, this has not been

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<v Speaker 1>reported on. Police went to her home and could not

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<v Speaker 1>locate her. It was reported that there didn't appear to

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<v Speaker 1>be any evidence as to where she could have gone

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<v Speaker 1>that had been found at the home. They did have

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<v Speaker 1>some information about the last time that Divina was seen,

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<v Speaker 1>and this came from someone that saw her leaving her

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<v Speaker 1>house in hailing Close on Thursday, November the twenty fifth.

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<v Speaker 1>This last sighting took place at around nine pm, and

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<v Speaker 1>the witness said that Divina left her home with a

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<v Speaker 1>man and some suitcases. They reportedly got into a white

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<v Speaker 1>Bedford van and drove away from the home. While it

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<v Speaker 1>was unclear who this man was or where Divina was going,

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<v Speaker 1>police had heard some things that Divina had reportedly told friends.

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<v Speaker 1>She had told people that she was going to look

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<v Speaker 1>for work in Germany, where she'd previously been stationed. Other

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<v Speaker 1>friends also stated that she had said she was going

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<v Speaker 1>to study at university abroad. These comments seemed to make

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<v Speaker 1>some sense given that Divina had previously worked there and

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<v Speaker 1>was bilingual, and as a result of this line of inquiry,

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<v Speaker 1>her description was sent out on European radio stations in

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<v Speaker 1>the hope that someone may have information. Police stated at

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<v Speaker 1>the time about this citing and her possible relocation to Germany,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't know what happened to her. She told some

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<v Speaker 1>friends she intended to find work in Germany, while others

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<v Speaker 1>were told that she planned to study at university. We

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<v Speaker 1>can't rule out that she's gone off with the driver

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<v Speaker 1>of the van. No one knows about this man. While

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<v Speaker 1>it may have made practical sense that Divina had left

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<v Speaker 1>to get a new job or study abroad for her family,

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<v Speaker 1>it didn't make realistic sense. They knew Divina and did

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<v Speaker 1>not believe that she would have just left her home

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<v Speaker 1>and particularly her four year old daughter, without telling someone

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<v Speaker 1>where she was going. Her brother Gary told the press,

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<v Speaker 1>it's been horrible not knowing what has happened. She certainly

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't have left her daughter, and she wouldn't have left

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<v Speaker 1>my mum. The fact that Divina had a young daughter

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<v Speaker 1>and an ill mother made it seem all the more

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<v Speaker 1>strange that she would have just disappeared, and therefore, despite

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<v Speaker 1>the sighting of her leaving her home. Police continued to

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<v Speaker 1>investigate other lines of inquiry. Forensic searches were carried out

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<v Speaker 1>at her home inhaling clothes, and investigations across the UK

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<v Speaker 1>and Germany were conducted. Inquiries into Divina's bank accounts were

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<v Speaker 1>also carried out in an effort to track her movements.

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<v Speaker 1>These inquiries would reveal that her bank account remained untouched

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<v Speaker 1>after her disappearance and that no cash had been withdrawn.

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<v Speaker 1>This begged the question if Divina had left to create

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<v Speaker 1>a new life, then how had she done this without

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<v Speaker 1>any money. This appears to be a red flag in

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<v Speaker 1>the investigation. However, it didn't help police find where Divina

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<v Speaker 1>may be or even point to any other theory as

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<v Speaker 1>to her disappearance. In nineteen ninety four, it was reported

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<v Speaker 1>by police that they had at that time found nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to suggest foul play, but since that year there has

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<v Speaker 1>been no evidence to suggest that she is alive either.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty twenty, Divina's brother Gary stated that he'd been

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<v Speaker 1>told by a call case detective that her disappearance was

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<v Speaker 1>now being treated as a possible murder after twenty seven years.

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<v Speaker 1>Fact that no evidence of Divina's whereabouts has been found

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<v Speaker 1>after almost three decades was concerning, and this is of

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<v Speaker 1>course devastating for her family. In this article from twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>Gary talked about how not knowing what happened to his

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<v Speaker 1>sister has affected him over the years. He said, I

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<v Speaker 1>hope more people will come forward to help the investigation.

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<v Speaker 1>Even after all this time, it could only take one

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<v Speaker 1>key witness to crack the case. Losing Divina still hurts

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<v Speaker 1>as much now as it did then. I have a

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<v Speaker 1>daughter who's a ringer for my sister, and every time

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<v Speaker 1>I see her it makes me think of her. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>desperate for the case to be solved. I'll never stop

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<v Speaker 1>fighting to find out what happened. Divina's nephew Mel also

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<v Speaker 1>echoed this sentiment, saying she was really nice. There is

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<v Speaker 1>no way on earth she would have gone without her daughter.

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<v Speaker 1>The family just wants to hear from anyone who has

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<v Speaker 1>him for anything at all which could lead to the

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<v Speaker 1>discovery of her whereabouts. It's clear that Divina's family are

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<v Speaker 1>convinced that she would not have just left her daughter behind,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is one of the reasons why they have

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<v Speaker 1>been continuing to campaign since her disappearance for any information

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<v Speaker 1>at all. Divina left behind her family and all her

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<v Speaker 1>friends and she has not been seen since. Her family

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<v Speaker 1>is still seeking any answers that they can. At the

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<v Speaker 1>time of her disappearance, Divina was five foot five inches tall,

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<v Speaker 1>of a slim build, with wavy, shoulder length brown hair.

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<v Speaker 1>She has brown eyes and small scars on her forehead

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<v Speaker 1>and nose. She is bilingual and has previously worked in

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<v Speaker 1>the RAF. If you have any information about her disappearance,

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<v Speaker 1>please contact Cambridge Constabulary on one oh one. Thank you

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