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Find a missing person

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  • rose07 wrote:
    hi, have you heard anything yet?

    does he usually get in contact when travelling?

    you need to make sure people listen to you, dont stop, keep asking people and see if anyone knows anything from the the local area there must be someone that knows where he is.

    i just want to send my love and hope that you hear news about him soon.
    xxx

    Hi

    My Daughter had always had contact with her Father when he had travelled in the past.
    He would always email or phone whenever he could find a village or town with these sort of facilities. He liked to send letters and postcards too.
    He also had never missed her Birthday or Christmas before he went away in 2004.
    We think that he went in the November and it was her Birthday at the beginning of December. She received nothing!!
    Nothing arrived for Christmas either!!
    The tsunami hit on the Boxing day of that year and although he had lived in Thailand for a while, he lived on the other side of the country.
    Because nothing has ever arrived for that first Birthday or Christmas (before the tsunami struck) I know in my heart of hearts that something had happened to him before then.
    Many thanks for all of your support and well wishes regarding this matter.
    If anyone else has any information or think they might be able to help....please get in touch.
    When life throws you lemons...put them in a gin and tonic !!
  • Just a quick update really.

    We have not heard anything from the Gordon Dickinson whose address i was given...living in Blackpool.
    I suppose I am being a little impatient, but cannot help feeling a little dissapointed.
    Early days I suppose.
    If anyone knows this man, please tell him that we are looking for him in relation to finding my ex husband.
    We think that he is a cab driver living in the Poulton Le Fylde area of Blackpool.
    Approximately 49 years old...5'8" tall with blonde hair.
    Small scar on face (I cannot remember which side)
    Seem to also remember that he has part of one finger missing.
    Was married to Julie and has two children.
    He will remember me as Lynn Holmes and my Daughter is Kelly Holmes.
    When life throws you lemons...put them in a gin and tonic !!
  • I have tried to PM you with information which may help....but your in-box is full. Please delete some messages and contact me when you can receive another.
    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times and I'll smash your face in. :D
  • I have tried to PM you, but your in-box is full. Please let me know when you can receive another.
    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times and I'll smash your face in. :D
  • Little_John
    Little_John Posts: 4,033 Forumite
    Hi Lynn
    After you posted the extra info about Gordon I did another search as I can get it to cross reference searches
    I told it to find julie and gordon dickinson inthe same address and it cam up with another address this time not near blackpool the other thing is the Julie is a Julia so it may be incorect. if you want clear some pm space and I will send you the details.
  • Hello
    Hello Posts: 358 Forumite
    Good luck with your search, my thoughts are with you.
    Ciggie free 2am 21/09/06. Debt free 25/06/09.
    'It was such a lovely day I thought 'it's a pity to get up'' W. Somerset Maugham.
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    Did he use a standard email address, hotmail or whatever when he contacted you.

    Did he ever login using a PC you have access to? To possibly recover the password etc..

    Can you tell us anything about the sort of thing he did on his travels, habits, hobbies, jobs, was he into sailing?

    What about contacting his bank, presumably he would have to draw funds to keep moving around? You'll probably hit data protection brick walls, but if your daughter explains that he is a missing person, then maybe the credit card company could tell you when and where his last credit card transaction was made and paid. Or if they have his current address, they could contact him on your behalf and ask if he is willing to be contacted by you, without breaching any Data Protection issues. This is all assuming that he has a source of funds to travel, and not paying for it by working as he travels.

    http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/eacs_locating.html

    Have you googled for his email address in google and http://groups.google.co.uk/grphp?hl=en&tab=wg&q=

    There are lots of references to the name in google, difficult to help without knowing more about him.

    http://www.missing-you.net/NorthWest.php?startnum=4600

    Was he in australia in 1990?

    http://www.lostamigos.net/logon/userDetails.asp?name=Stephen+Holmes&user_id=27682

    Is he on friends reunited? Where was he born?

    http://www.b4usearch.com/index.cfm?event=search_findPerson%3ADisplay&who=stephen+holmes&where=blackpool&x=22&y=11

    longshot:

    http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=%22Stephen%20Holmes%22&sa=N&tab=wi

    Just found your other thread (using google!), and realised that most of this is already covered. But if you search for your bestman in blackpool on https://www.b4usearch.com there are two matching names with phone numbers.

    How about getting your daughter to make a plea on youtube, we could all vote for it and bump it into the top 10 or whatever.
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • albertross,
    what is youtube? Please tell us more about it.
    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times and I'll smash your face in. :D
  • Was he in Australia in 2004?

    Might not be the same guy but there's a reference to a Stephen Holmes here http://www.lostamigos.net/logon/userDetails.asp?name=Stephen+Holmes&user_id=27682
  • Hi

    Many thanks for your messages.
    I would not know whether he was in Australia in 1990..but possible.
    He defiantely was not in Australia in 2004. Thankyou for the link to the site though.
    As far as the banks are concerned...it is all covered by data protection act and they will not divulge any information at all...not even his last known address.
    He did not have a credit card and travelled around with cash or worked as he went.
    I personally don't know his email address, but my Daughter emailed him on lots of occasions with no response at all.
    This in itself is not in his nature to not respond.
    I greatly appreciate all of your help and like I have earlier said, I will always hit the thankyou button for anyone to takes the time and effort to make a suggestion.
    When life throws you lemons...put them in a gin and tonic !!
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