Haunting CCTV reveals last sighting of boy, 7, who vanished while out playing on bike as cops probe ‘credible’ leads
POLICE are committed to solving the cold case of a seven-year-old-boy who was last seen alive on CCTV in a corner shop twenty years ago.
Little Daniel Entwistle failed to return to his home on Copperfield Ave, Great Yarmouth on May 3 2020.
Daniel’s mum and dad Paula and David raised the alarm and the community soon rallied around to try and find the boy.
Despite the two decades that now have passed since the fateful Saturday Daniel disappeared Norfolk Police are still determined to resolve the matter.
Daniel was identified on the CCTV at Blencowes, a local convenience store nearby to his home at around 5.05pm that day.
There were other potential sightings of him during that day including being with a group of other boys seen playing near to the river at Trinity Quay at around 3.30pm.
His little red BMX bike was found abandoned near to the river close to Trinity Quay in the early hours of the next morning and sonar examinations of the riverbed soon formed a major part of the inquiry.
Andy Guy, the force’s cold case manager, said: “We recognise the enormity of two decades passing since Daniel went missing, and the impact this has had on his family in that time.
“As a force we remain committed to finding answers for them, and we have continued to explore new lines of inquiry in this case in response to new and credible information.
“In the last five years we have pursued 12 pieces of information passed to us.
“However, despite the original investigation carried out in 2003, our continued efforts and the subsequent appeals in the intervening years, no information or evidence has yet established what happened to Daniel since the last confirmed sighting of him on 3 May 2003.”
A spokesman for the force added: “In the last six years officers have conducted further searches in Great Yarmouth and received several new pieces of information which have all been investigated.
“However, Daniel remains a missing person to this day. Officers continue to appeal for new information which could help solve this case.”
Andy Guy, the force’s cold case manager, said: “We recognise the enormity of two decades passing since Daniel went missing, and the impact this has had on his family in that time.
“As a force we remain committed to finding answers for them, and we have continued to explore new lines of inquiry in this case in response to new and credible information.
“In the last five years we have pursued 12 pieces of information passed to us.
“However, despite the original investigation carried out in 2003, our continued efforts and the subsequent appeals in the intervening years, no information or evidence has yet established what happened to Daniel since the last confirmed sighting of him on 3 May 2003.”
A spokesman for the force added: “In the last six years officers have conducted further searches in Great Yarmouth and received several new pieces of information which have all been investigated.
“However, Daniel remains a missing person to this day. Officers continue to appeal for new information which could help solve this case.”