The mother of a missing Hartlepool man says she just wants answers
27 year old Scott Fletcher was last seen 14 years ago at Wheatley Hill, Durham
14 years on from the disappearance of a Hartlepool man - his mother tells us she just wants to know what happened to him
A decade ago - in 2015 - the missing persons case of Scott Fletcher became a murder investigation - but he'd not been seen since the 11th of May, 2011.
Scott, who was 27 when he went missing, left behind a young daughter.
His mum, Julie tells us that's been one of the most heart breaking parts of the whole story:
"I suffer from immense sadness that Scott has lost his life, a precious life at that, and that it's ruined life for his dad and all of the family.
"I feel so angry that Lucy, his daughter, a little toddler, little chubby toddler, had to stand and wave at her dad's photo with tears streaming down her face, saying 'Daddy, where are you, Daddy?'
"We just can't get over it. We have no body. We don't know exactly when he died, why he died."
Scott, a beloved father from Hartlepool, was 27 when he was last seen by an acquaintance at about 8.20pm on 11 May 2011, when they dropped him off at a lay-by opposite the Jet garage on the A181 at Wheatley Hill, Durham.
He hasn’t been seen since.
It is believed that he has links to the Durham, Cumbria, and Liverpool areas.
At the time of his disappearance, Scott was described as white, 6ft with a medium build, with blue eyes and short mousey hair. He has a small scar on the centre right of his head.
Since 2012, the Missing People charity has supported Scott’s family with counselling and publicity support.
In 2015, the enquiry into his disappearance was changed from a missing persons case to a murder investigation, triggering a series of media appeals throughout the years.
A decade on from Scott’s missing day, in September 2021, Cleveland Police and Scott’s mother, Julie Fletcher, made a national appeal on BBC’s Crimewatch, offering a £10,000 reward for any new information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in Scott’s murder.