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He use to travel abroad a lot while working with airfreight but don't know if he emigrated.
Just asked my wife about last address and she has no idea. He never kept in contact with family and worked abroad a lot.
SORRY HAVE TO GO NOW> Will pick up this chat when i get back or if. Roads a bit dangerous at moment because of SNOW and ICE.

Have you ( or your wife) registered with this charity?

http://www.missingpeople.org.uk

Dont have last address. It seems he didnt talk much to my wife and sister in law. dont know why.

Sorry, have to go out to drop off wife.

Didnt know about that charity. Thanks. Will register now.

None of the statutory authorities nor employers can give out information to either you or your wife, haven't been able to do this for years and it's now covered by the data protection act.

IF he was ever reported missing at the time (ie back around the time he legged-it) there would be a police file, from what I can gather they would search the last known address, but if there were no suspicious circumstances it would just be logged as a misper and no further action taken. If he was reported they would only re-open the case if you have new evidence that there were suspicious circumstances surrounding the disappearance. If he wasn't reported then they will be of no help.

I think that in light of him possibly not ever been reported as a missing person does mean you are limited in what can be searched for - for instance -

The police would be able to look into bank details to see if any of his bank accounts have been touched.

If you had a last known address for him it could have been looked into for instance did he own his own house or rent?

The police could contact his doctor / dentist etc from that time, perhaps see if his details are on any NHS registers if he has moved areas to another doctor.

However without the police doing these investigations, you wont get this information.

Probably good to start off with something in the local paper, he must have had friends in the area who might know something.

Thanks Liz.
That Stephen is one of my contacts.

Regards
John

Thanks everyone for your help in this matter.
Need to try and find paperwork if my wife still has any about his previous addresses as well as work.

Wish me luck.
Regards
John

Have to ask wife about his old friends and last address.

Thanks Liz47. The Stephen on this site copied the name from my site as he already is one of my matches.

DameShelley means Deed Poll, which is entirely possible. You can search GazettesOnline to see if any name change was reported.

Thanks AlexWoozle.
Checked GazettesOnline as suggested.
No name change