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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 is day five of twelve days of missing person

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<v Speaker 1>episodes throughout December. Today we're looking into a very recent

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<v Speaker 1>disappearance which I hope would benefit from more publicity. Eighty

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<v Speaker 1>nine year old Malcolm Curtis has been missing since June

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<v Speaker 1>this year and his family and friends are looking for answers.

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<v Speaker 1>This episode is about a missing person and so does

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<v Speaker 1>not contain any descriptions of violence, but listener discretion is

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<v Speaker 1>always advised. Easington is a village which is located in

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<v Speaker 1>the East Riding of Yorkshire and is part of an

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<v Speaker 1>area called Holderness. It's a coastal village which sits on

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<v Speaker 1>the Humber Estuary and the North Sea. Westfield Close is

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<v Speaker 1>made up of bungalows and semi detached houses and is

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<v Speaker 1>a short distance from the center of the village. This

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<v Speaker 1>is where eighty nine year old Malcolm Curtis was living

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<v Speaker 1>in June twenty twenty five. On the morning of Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>the fourth of June, Malcolm had left his home on

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<v Speaker 1>Westfield Close and had not returned by around mid day.

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<v Speaker 1>This backed concerned by those that knew him, as clearly

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<v Speaker 1>this was not his usual routine. He was reported missing

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<v Speaker 1>that day, and given his age and the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>he hadn't been seen for several hours, his disappearance was

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<v Speaker 1>an immediate concern. Humberside Police were quickly involved in the

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<v Speaker 1>case given Malcolm's vulnerability, and began trying to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>where he went that day and what direction he could

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<v Speaker 1>have gone in. Officers began saying searching a three square

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<v Speaker 1>mile area around Easington and neighboring villages to try and

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<v Speaker 1>find Malcolm. However, they also tried to track down any

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<v Speaker 1>cameras that could give them some clues as to what

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<v Speaker 1>happened that morning. Police were able to track down CCTV

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<v Speaker 1>footage of Malcolm. The images showed that Malcolm was walking

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<v Speaker 1>down Westfield close at around eight ten am. He was

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<v Speaker 1>thought to be wearing a gray gelay with brown trousers

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<v Speaker 1>and carrying a walking stick. He then turned west onto

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<v Speaker 1>Whole Road. These were the last images on CCTV that

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<v Speaker 1>they had captured. There was little evidence aside from this

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<v Speaker 1>footage to suggest what happened after he went onto Whole

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<v Speaker 1>Road or where he went after that come beside. Police

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<v Speaker 1>used every resource that they had to try and track

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<v Speaker 1>down Malcolm, as well as engaging with his family and

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<v Speaker 1>friends and the local community. Patrol vehicles, off road bikes,

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<v Speaker 1>drones as well as a police helicopter were applied to

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<v Speaker 1>help with the search. A multi agency search was also conducted,

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<v Speaker 1>including the Coastguard and the RNLI due to the proximity

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<v Speaker 1>of Easington to several bodies of water. The local community

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<v Speaker 1>were also eager to support in looking for Malcolm, with

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<v Speaker 1>many members of the local area coming together to search

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<v Speaker 1>for him. Chief Inspector Owen Stafford said since Malcolm was

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<v Speaker 1>reported missing, we've carried out extensive inquiries involving large scale

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<v Speaker 1>searches over a seven point five kilometer squared area of

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<v Speaker 1>countryside with specialist trained teams, scent dogs, the underwater Search

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<v Speaker 1>Unit and support from partner agencies as well as Malcolm's

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<v Speaker 1>family and friends. We have reviewed hours of CCTV and

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<v Speaker 1>door bell footage and undertaken house to house inquiries to

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<v Speaker 1>understand Malcolm's movement and the direction he may have taken.

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<v Speaker 1>As time passes, the nature of our search efforts continues

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<v Speaker 1>to adapt, with specialist search dogs carrying out more targeted

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<v Speaker 1>searches based on the information we've gathered so far. Our

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<v Speaker 1>work to find Malcolm remains ongoing and we're committed to

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<v Speaker 1>doing everything we can to provide answers for his family

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<v Speaker 1>and loved ones, who are being supported throughout this difficult time.

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<v Speaker 1>Residents were keen to support the search and came out

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<v Speaker 1>to search the local area, including outbuildings and sheds. The

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<v Speaker 1>police asked the local community to keep an eye out

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<v Speaker 1>for anything that they might have seen, and to look

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<v Speaker 1>on their CCTV and dashcan footage in case they'd spotted Malcolm.

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<v Speaker 1>Local resident Liz Downing told the Holderness and Horned Segazette

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<v Speaker 1>We've checked the football field, church bridalways, cemetery, beaches, fields

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<v Speaker 1>and ditches between Easington and Scaffling, and even as far

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<v Speaker 1>as Welick. She also explained that while looking for Malcolm,

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<v Speaker 1>she herself fell into a concealed ditch, saying it just

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<v Speaker 1>shows how easily someone could fall and how difficult it

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<v Speaker 1>would be to get back out. She also supported the

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<v Speaker 1>search by putting up posters in the area. Other people

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<v Speaker 1>such as Craig Marriott also helped. He told the Holderness

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<v Speaker 1>and Hornseekers, etc. I've been doing as many drone flights

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<v Speaker 1>as I can, whether permitting. I've developed scam patterns and

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<v Speaker 1>compared images with known scale references to help identify anything unusual.

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<v Speaker 1>So far, there have been a few false alarms, but

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<v Speaker 1>no confirmed sightings. Inspector Will Knapp talked about the case.

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<v Speaker 1>He explained, over the course of the last three days,

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<v Speaker 1>we've been conducting extensive lines of inquiry to locate Malcolm

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<v Speaker 1>since he left his home address in Easington, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>growing increasingly concerned for his welfare. We've been trolling hours

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<v Speaker 1>of CCTV and doorbell footage, conducted house to house inquiries

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<v Speaker 1>and area searches of rural locations to try and understand

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<v Speaker 1>which direction Malcolm may have traveled in since leaving his home.

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<v Speaker 1>Malcolm is described as being approximately five feet eight inches tall,

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<v Speaker 1>with gray hair, and is thought to be wearing a

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<v Speaker 1>gray gi lay with brown trousers and carrying a walking stick.

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<v Speaker 1>We are keen to speak to pedestrians and motorists traveling

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<v Speaker 1>along whole road between eight am and nine thirty am,

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<v Speaker 1>around the time Malcolm was last seen. I'd also encourage

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<v Speaker 1>anyone who has any CCTV or dashcam footage around this

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<v Speaker 1>time to please get in touch. We would also urge

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<v Speaker 1>members of the public to check shed's out buld bildings

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<v Speaker 1>and any covered areas, and if your neighbors are away,

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<v Speaker 1>please check their gardens too. We would like to thank

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<v Speaker 1>members of the public for their continued support and assistance

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<v Speaker 1>in our search to locate missing Malcolm, and would encourage

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<v Speaker 1>anyone with information to please phone us directly. It's clear

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<v Speaker 1>that a lot was done to search for Malcolm. However,

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<v Speaker 1>despite the large scale investigation which was conducted, he has

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<v Speaker 1>still not been found and answers as to what happened

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<v Speaker 1>have also not been found. Malcolm is five feet eight

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<v Speaker 1>inches tall, with gray hair and carrying a walking stick.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have any information about Malcolm Curtis, please contact

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<v Speaker 1>humber Side Police on one oh one, quoting Log one

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<v Speaker 1>seven seven of June four. Thank you for listening to

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<v Speaker 1>day five of twelve Days of Missing Person episodes in December.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned for Day six in a couple of days.

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