Luke Durbin - Please Help Us Find Luke Derbin

August 22nd 2008

I would like to apologise for not updating Luke’s site for such a long period of time. As many of you know Luke’s site kept being hacked into and this was corrupting the information that was put onto his site. Sadly, all the messages from the Guestbook were lost; these messages brought a lot of comfort to me and my family. Dana at www.someoneismissing.com has set up a new guestbook and as always I cannot thank him enough for all he has done and continues to do.

The Police Investigation

The programme Missing Live which was aired in April, brought in 21 possible sightings of Luke all over the country. The police have followed up all the sightings but sadly none of them have proved to be positive. Over the last 18 months there have been several possible sightings of Luke in the Whitechapel area, it has now been established who this person is, it is not Luke. I would like to thank everyone who has been vigilant and called the police or Missing People with possible sightings of Luke. The police are still actively working on Luke’s disappearance. Please if you have any information however small it may seem, contact the police on 01473 613500 or call Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555 111.

CAMPAIGN NEWS

The March for the Missing took place in London on the 12th March and although we have not managed to achieve all the aims that we set out to, it was a very emotional day and many families and friends with missing loved ones attended, that in its self was very beneficial for so many of us. Just to be able to mix with families and friends in the same position is comforting, all our experiences and ways of coping differ but we are all singing from the same hymn sheet.

What became so evident to me was the amount of families with missing loved ones and the way the Government seems to bury its head in the sand about this horrendous situation. Especially as there are so many missing people like Luke who have seemingly vanished from the face of the earth!

The Charring Cross Police and Trafalgar Square Events Team were very supportive of the March and huge thanks go out to them.

The provisional date of MARCH FOR THE MISSING 2009 is March the 18^th. Please, if you know of other families in this nightmare pass this date on. If they would like to contact myself or Val Nettles please ask them to email themissing@hotmail.co.uk

Missing Live which was aired on BBC brought in many calls about Luke, although we are no further forward in knowing what happened to Luke, it created a lot of calls and highlighted Luke’s disappearance again. I would like to thank all of the film crew, presenters and producers of the show who were very compassionate in the way they treated me, my family and our friends.

Inside Out another BBC programme is currently making a programme on Luke’s disappearance. This will be aired in September; the date has not been set yet.

Before the original Guestbook was lost there were many messages from people saying they had seen posters at railway stations with Luke’s website on it, this is all due to a chance meeting last year with a lovely man, Michael Allcock from UK Media. He promised me he would help publicise Luke’s disappearance. These posters are in train stations and outside supermarkets from Glasgow to Southampton. Michael is one of so may people whose kindness has been so overwhelming.

Life without Luke is so difficult. We all carry on living but the void that has been left never eases. He is loved and missed by so many people.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support my quest in trying to find out what has happened to Luke and thank you to the local media for continuing to keep the word out there about Luke’s disappearance.
Dana Mazza from www.someoneismissing.com , as always, huge thanks for being such a great bloke and working all hours to pay to run Luke’s and many other missing people’s sites Internationally.
Also thanks to a relatively new charity www.foreversearching.com initially an action group set up after Madeleine McCann went missing. They have publicised Luke and many other missing people worldwide. They are always looking for people to get involved. If you feel you maybe able to give some of your time to assist please go to their website.

Please, if you have any information that may lead to Luke being found, contact Suffolk Police on 01473 613500 or in confidence to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111

findluke@hotmail.co.uk
www.FINDLUKE.com
www.someoneismissing.com
www.foreversearching.com
www.missingpersons.org.uk

Luke, if you can please, please just phone and let m e know you are Ok. I love you very much. Mum xxx

Luke Durbin please just ring home, we need you back home with the family. If you can just make contact and let us know you are safe and well. The olds nanny & gramps.

Luke, please contact Mum or anyone of your family,let us know you are safe, we all love you, Paula, Trevor and Jake xxx

Luke, if you can, contact your Mom to let her know you are ok. Your Family and Friends want you back home safe. From your cousin Mark and all your Canadian Family we need to know your are safe.

Luke, or anyone who may know where you are, please please get a message home to your mum and sister to let them know you are ok. Thinking of you and hope you are alright. With love Pat, Richard, Lizzy and Charlie xx

Luke, when things are tough lean on your family. Give us a sign. We are here for you. Your family (Canada) xoxo Pam, Alison, Stephen, Mark, Auntie Marian, Uncle Brian and families.