Timeline: What do we know about Bruce Gapper’s last known movements?

Sunday, 14 March, 1999

  • 2.30am - Bruce Gapper leaves the Frontier nightclub in Batley.
  • 11.10am - He speaks to his father on the phone.
  • 1.30pm - He is seen by a neighbour unloading shopping from his car.
  • 3.30pm - A friend calls at Bruce’s property and there is no answer.
  • 11.30pm - A member of the public walking in the Castle Hill Monument area later confirms that Bruce’s car, a red Peugeot 309, registration number G199AHP, was not parked up at location at this time.
The spot below Castle Hill where Bruce Gapper's car was found

Monday, 15 March, 1999

  • 3.47am - Bruce’s bank card is used at a ATM in Heckmondwike.
  • 6.30am - Another member of the public finds Bruce’s car with partial internal fire damage parked at the junction of Castle Hill Side and Lumb Lane, Huddersfield.
  • 7am - Bruce fails to turn up for work

Tuesday, 16 March, 1999

  • 1.18pm - Bruce is reported missing.
Missing man Bruce Gapper
Missing man Bruce Gapper

Wednesday, 17 March, 1999

  • 2.49am - Further use of Bruce’s bank card at an ATM in Scarisbrick, Southport.

Thursday, 18 March, 1999

  • Final use of Bruce’s bank card in the Morley area.