Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome back to The Unseen Podcast, a podcast
Speaker 1: dedicated to missing people, unresolved cases, and UK true crime.
Speaker 1: Today's day eight of twelve days of missing person episodes
Speaker 1: throughout December. This episode is about the disappearance of fifty
Speaker 1: two year old Paul Parvin from his home in North
Speaker 1: Yorkshire in twenty eighteen. Since he left his home, he
Speaker 1: has not been seen. This episode is about a missing person,
Speaker 1: so there are no descriptions of violence, but listened discretion
Speaker 1: is always advised. Cessa is a small village located around
Speaker 1: four miles away from the larger market town of Thirsk.
Speaker 1: The village is rural and is surrounded by fields and greenery,
Speaker 1: many of which house large and family farms. It's a
Speaker 1: picturesque village with what appears to be a tight knit
Speaker 1: community of people who get involved with village life and events.
Speaker 1: North Yorkshire has frequently been listed as one of the
Speaker 1: best places to live in the UK, and so many
Speaker 1: people lived there for the peaceful way of life. Fifty
Speaker 1: two year old Paul Parvin was one of those people
Speaker 1: who owned a farm in the village and worked as
Speaker 1: a livestock farmer. On April thirtieth twenty eighteen. Paul was
Speaker 1: at his home on the farm in the village as usual.
Speaker 1: There has been little information published about Paul's usual routine
Speaker 1: or any particular jobs that he had to do on
Speaker 1: the farm. What was known was that he left his
Speaker 1: home at around nine pm that evening. This may or
Speaker 1: may not have been out of character for him. It
Speaker 1: was clear though, that when hours had passed and he
Speaker 1: still had not returned, this was unusual behavior. Paul had
Speaker 1: clearly not just disappeared without coming home before, and so
Speaker 1: this was a concern. When he still hadn't returned after
Speaker 1: several hours and days, this was an even larger concern. Now.
Speaker 1: The Yorkshire Police became involved and Paul was officially listed
Speaker 1: as a missing person. A description of him, along with
Speaker 1: what he was wearing that day, was issued to the public.
Speaker 1: He was described as white, five feet eleven inches tall,
Speaker 1: with sharp, black wavy hair that was graying and a
Speaker 1: sharp beard. When he disappeared, he was thought to be
Speaker 1: wearing a black baseball cap, red and black checked lumberjack shirt,
Speaker 1: black jeans, and sharp black boots, as well as a
Speaker 1: three quarter length olive green coat with a fleece lining
Speaker 1: and hood. It's not thought that he took anything else
Speaker 1: with him when he left his home that night. The
Speaker 1: rural nature of the village meant that there was an
Speaker 1: awful lot of ground to cover in the search for him,
Speaker 1: and the fact that he left his home at night
Speaker 1: was also an issue. There were many areas that Paul
Speaker 1: could have become lost or stuck around the village, and
Speaker 1: so the police asked for assistance from several other agencies,
Speaker 1: including five mountain rescue teams. They also drafted in help
Speaker 1: from volunteers from the local area to help search for him.
Speaker 1: There was a lot of land to cover, and the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team later said that they searched around
Speaker 1: thirteen kilometers of the river swale and many acres of
Speaker 1: woodland around Paul's farm in the hope that they would
Speaker 1: find him. In many cases of missing people, the person
Speaker 1: does get found and is unharmed. However, when someone goes
Speaker 1: missing at night in a rural area, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of concern about their welfare. When Paul wasn't found straight away,
Speaker 1: North Yorkshire Police explained that they were becoming increasingly worried
Speaker 1: and appealed for anyone to contact them if they thought
Speaker 1: they'd seen him. A police spokesperson said police have carried
Speaker 1: out extensive inquiries to find Paul, including searches with the
Speaker 1: volunteer search and rescue teams and using air support from
Speaker 1: the National Police Air Service, but Paul remains missing. Officers
Speaker 1: are asking members of the public to report any sightings
Speaker 1: of Paul and to contact them if they've seen him.
Speaker 1: Since Monday evening, as the search continued, there were reports
Speaker 1: that Paul may have traveled to the city of York,
Speaker 1: which is around twenty one miles away from his home.
Speaker 1: It's unclear why it was thought that he may have
Speaker 1: traveled there or what information led them to believe this.
Speaker 1: This information, however, changed and it was later reported that
Speaker 1: Paul may have gone to Harrogut, which is close to York,
Speaker 1: about twenty two miles away. Residents of both York and
Speaker 1: Harrow were asked to be on the lookout for Paul
Speaker 1: and to report any sightings of him to the police.
Speaker 1: Since twenty eighteen, when he disappeared, there has been little
Speaker 1: more published about Paul's disappearance, and it doesn't seem as
Speaker 1: though there's been much public progress. He seems to have
Speaker 1: just left his home and vanished without a trace and
Speaker 1: this is always so devastating and confusing for families. Paul's
Speaker 1: family still does not know where he is or if
Speaker 1: he's safe, and they deserve to find out what happened
Speaker 1: and where he is. Inspector Jeff Crocker of North Yorkshire
Speaker 1: Police said, Paul, the police and your family are very
Speaker 1: concerned about you and want to know that you're safe.
Speaker 1: If you read or hear this appeal, please contact your family,
Speaker 1: friends or the police and let us know that you're okay.
Speaker 1: If you prefer, you can contact the Missing People Charity
Speaker 1: on one one six triple zero and let them knowing confidence.
Speaker 1: Anyone with information should phone one oh one Reference one
Speaker 1: two one eight zero zero seven four seven four to two.
Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to day eight of twelve Days
Speaker 1: of Missing Person episodes in December. Stay tuned for Day
Speaker 1: nine in a couple of days. If you'd like to
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