As charity release single, sister of missing Irvine tot says she'll keep searching
The sister of a tot who went missing in Irvine 40 years ago wants a detectives to take a fresh look into his disappearence.
The sister of a tot who went missing in Irvine 40 years ago wants a detectives to take a fresh look into his disappearence.
Sandy Davidson was just 3 years old when he vanished from his gran's garden in St Kilda Street in 1976.
Saturday 23rd April marked 40 years since he disappeared and his sister Donna wants a task force - similar to the one set up to find Madeline McCann - to look into her brothers disappearence.
There has been many theories about what happened to Sandy over the last four decades - last Febuary a witness has came forward to say they were abducted and tortured a few streets away - at the same time Sandy went missing.
It was also suggested he'd been stolen by gypsies or accidently buried under the foundations of a new school.
Sandy's case is the longest running missing persons enquiry in Scottish history.
Donna spoke to our reporter Natalie Crawford...
A charity single will be released by Missing People later this month to mark Missing Children's day and highlight Sandy's case.
A choir of families with missing loved ones have joined forces with music stars from across the decades including Rick Astley, Chesney Hawkes, Nik Kershaw, Carol Decker, Lesley Garrett, Hayley Tamaddon, Jodie Prenger, Debra Stephenson, Kerry Ellis, Balsamo Deighton and G4 on a charity single which they are hoping the public will get behind to help reach every missing child.
The music video will also raise awareness of some of the UK’s most long-term missing children including Sandy Davidson, Madeleine McCann, Ben Needham, Kevin Hicks, Sandy Davidson and Katrice Lee .
Chesney Hawkes said, “I feel honoured to be joining the Missing People Choir on this single. The power of the lyrics really brings home the struggle faced by those families living in limbo, hoping that their child will one day come back to them.”
The single’s release has been made possible thanks to the ongoing support of Royal Mail. The company has been working with Missing People since November 2014 when it began distributing “high risk” missing people alerts - including Child Rescue Alerts – to its 123,000 postmen and women across the UK through
their handheld scanners. The Missing People Choir’s performance in the music video was filmed at Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant Mail Centre, where they were joined by the company’s own Mail Voice Choir.
Gary Grange, Royal Mail Community Investment Manager said "Royal Mail is a national company with a local presence and our people are at the heart of every community in the UK. We are proud to support the charity Missing People and ultimately, the families longing for news of their loved ones. We hope that the support we provide helps raise awareness of missing people and provides greater hope for families who are going through the most unimaginable torment.
We’re thrilled that our Mail Voice choir took part in the video and would urge everyone to download the single and to help the charity find missing children and reunite families.”
“I Hope” was co-written and produced by Missing People Choir Director James Hawkins and Ash Alexander.
The music video was produced by Rav Vadgama.
James Hawkins, Director of the Missing People Choir said, “This song is all about bringing people together through music. The families of missing people have come together to form a choir and share their very unique experiences together and in doing so are communicating this to the rest of the world in a way that words alone can not. As the saying goes ‚‘Where words fail, music speaks‘.“
Clare Cook, Head of Campaigns at Missing People said, “We are so very grateful to everyone who has already got behind this single - from the producers and performers to the Royal Mail, and hope that with
the public’s support we can find some of the 140,000 children who go missing in the UK every year by raising vital funds and awareness.”
I Hope by Missing People Choir (feat. Mail Voice Choir & Friends) is NOW available to pre-order on iTunes ahead of its release date of 20th May.