Dad vanishes in terrible weather

Jan 21 2009 by Andrew Hirst, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Dad vanishes in terrible weather

Insp Andy Leonard, head of West Yorkshire Police’s Vulnerable Victims Unit which has responsibility for missing people, said: “Mr Fay was reported missing by his wife at 1pm on Monday and inquiries have revealed a definite sighting at just after 2pm that day when he walked past a shop in New Mill.

“The people who saw him realised he was wearing a shirt and trousers which made him stand out in the cold weather. Our search has been concentrated on an area between New Mill and Hepworth and around a small stream called New Mill Dyke.

“Think of drawing a 1km circle around New Mill and we have completed about half of that.

“We cannot continue searching after dark as we could not see anything of significance, but house-to-house inquiries have carried on.