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 is day five of twelve days of missing person
Speaker 1: episodes throughout December. Today we're looking into a very recent
Speaker 1: disappearance which I hope would benefit from more publicity. Eighty
Speaker 1: nine year old Malcolm Curtis has been missing since June
Speaker 1: this year and his family and friends are looking for answers.
Speaker 1: This episode is about a missing person and so does
Speaker 1: not contain any descriptions of violence, but listener discretion is
Speaker 1: always advised. Easington is a village which is located in
Speaker 1: the East Riding of Yorkshire and is part of an
Speaker 1: area called Holderness. It's a coastal village which sits on
Speaker 1: the Humber Estuary and the North Sea. Westfield Close is
Speaker 1: made up of bungalows and semi detached houses and is
Speaker 1: a short distance from the center of the village. This
Speaker 1: is where eighty nine year old Malcolm Curtis was living
Speaker 1: in June twenty twenty five. On the morning of Wednesday,
Speaker 1: the fourth of June, Malcolm had left his home on
Speaker 1: Westfield Close and had not returned by around mid day.
Speaker 1: This backed concerned by those that knew him, as clearly
Speaker 1: this was not his usual routine. He was reported missing
Speaker 1: that day, and given his age and the fact that
Speaker 1: he hadn't been seen for several hours, his disappearance was
Speaker 1: an immediate concern. Humberside Police were quickly involved in the
Speaker 1: case given Malcolm's vulnerability, and began trying to figure out
Speaker 1: where he went that day and what direction he could
Speaker 1: have gone in. Officers began saying searching a three square
Speaker 1: mile area around Easington and neighboring villages to try and
Speaker 1: find Malcolm. However, they also tried to track down any
Speaker 1: cameras that could give them some clues as to what
Speaker 1: happened that morning. Police were able to track down CCTV
Speaker 1: footage of Malcolm. The images showed that Malcolm was walking
Speaker 1: down Westfield close at around eight ten am. He was
Speaker 1: thought to be wearing a gray gelay with brown trousers
Speaker 1: and carrying a walking stick. He then turned west onto
Speaker 1: Whole Road. These were the last images on CCTV that
Speaker 1: they had captured. There was little evidence aside from this
Speaker 1: footage to suggest what happened after he went onto Whole
Speaker 1: Road or where he went after that come beside. Police
Speaker 1: used every resource that they had to try and track
Speaker 1: down Malcolm, as well as engaging with his family and
Speaker 1: friends and the local community. Patrol vehicles, off road bikes,
Speaker 1: drones as well as a police helicopter were applied to
Speaker 1: help with the search. A multi agency search was also conducted,
Speaker 1: including the Coastguard and the RNLI due to the proximity
Speaker 1: of Easington to several bodies of water. The local community
Speaker 1: were also eager to support in looking for Malcolm, with
Speaker 1: many members of the local area coming together to search
Speaker 1: for him. Chief Inspector Owen Stafford said since Malcolm was
Speaker 1: reported missing, we've carried out extensive inquiries involving large scale
Speaker 1: searches over a seven point five kilometer squared area of
Speaker 1: countryside with specialist trained teams, scent dogs, the underwater Search
Speaker 1: Unit and support from partner agencies as well as Malcolm's
Speaker 1: family and friends. We have reviewed hours of CCTV and
Speaker 1: door bell footage and undertaken house to house inquiries to
Speaker 1: understand Malcolm's movement and the direction he may have taken.
Speaker 1: As time passes, the nature of our search efforts continues
Speaker 1: to adapt, with specialist search dogs carrying out more targeted
Speaker 1: searches based on the information we've gathered so far. Our
Speaker 1: work to find Malcolm remains ongoing and we're committed to
Speaker 1: doing everything we can to provide answers for his family
Speaker 1: and loved ones, who are being supported throughout this difficult time.
Speaker 1: Residents were keen to support the search and came out
Speaker 1: to search the local area, including outbuildings and sheds. The
Speaker 1: police asked the local community to keep an eye out
Speaker 1: for anything that they might have seen, and to look
Speaker 1: on their CCTV and dashcan footage in case they'd spotted Malcolm.
Speaker 1: Local resident Liz Downing told the Holderness and Horned Segazette
Speaker 1: We've checked the football field, church bridalways, cemetery, beaches, fields
Speaker 1: and ditches between Easington and Scaffling, and even as far
Speaker 1: as Welick. She also explained that while looking for Malcolm,
Speaker 1: she herself fell into a concealed ditch, saying it just
Speaker 1: shows how easily someone could fall and how difficult it
Speaker 1: would be to get back out. She also supported the
Speaker 1: search by putting up posters in the area. Other people
Speaker 1: such as Craig Marriott also helped. He told the Holderness
Speaker 1: and Hornseekers, etc. I've been doing as many drone flights
Speaker 1: as I can, whether permitting. I've developed scam patterns and
Speaker 1: compared images with known scale references to help identify anything unusual.
Speaker 1: So far, there have been a few false alarms, but
Speaker 1: no confirmed sightings. Inspector Will Knapp talked about the case.
Speaker 1: He explained, over the course of the last three days,
Speaker 1: we've been conducting extensive lines of inquiry to locate Malcolm
Speaker 1: since he left his home address in Easington, and we're
Speaker 1: growing increasingly concerned for his welfare. We've been trolling hours
Speaker 1: of CCTV and doorbell footage, conducted house to house inquiries
Speaker 1: and area searches of rural locations to try and understand
Speaker 1: which direction Malcolm may have traveled in since leaving his home.
Speaker 1: Malcolm is described as being approximately five feet eight inches tall,
Speaker 1: with gray hair, and is thought to be wearing a
Speaker 1: gray gi lay with brown trousers and carrying a walking stick.
Speaker 1: We are keen to speak to pedestrians and motorists traveling
Speaker 1: along whole road between eight am and nine thirty am,
Speaker 1: around the time Malcolm was last seen. I'd also encourage
Speaker 1: anyone who has any CCTV or dashcam footage around this
Speaker 1: time to please get in touch. We would also urge
Speaker 1: members of the public to check shed's out buld bildings
Speaker 1: and any covered areas, and if your neighbors are away,
Speaker 1: please check their gardens too. We would like to thank
Speaker 1: members of the public for their continued support and assistance
Speaker 1: in our search to locate missing Malcolm, and would encourage
Speaker 1: anyone with information to please phone us directly. It's clear
Speaker 1: that a lot was done to search for Malcolm. However,
Speaker 1: despite the large scale investigation which was conducted, he has
Speaker 1: still not been found and answers as to what happened
Speaker 1: have also not been found. Malcolm is five feet eight
Speaker 1: inches tall, with gray hair and carrying a walking stick.
Speaker 1: If you have any information about Malcolm Curtis, please contact
Speaker 1: humber Side Police on one oh one, quoting Log one
Speaker 1: seven seven of June four. Thank you for listening to
Speaker 1: day five of twelve Days of Missing Person episodes in December.
Speaker 1: Stay tuned for Day six in a couple of days.
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