Andrew Capon

The Missing

Darrell Brown

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Capon disappeared on October 2, 1998 after a night out in Ingoldmells. The father of three from Grantham was out with some friends after going to the coast to close down his caravan. He became separated from the group and vanished, never to be seen again. Andrew was last spotted on North Parade in Skegness at around 1am. His ex-partner, Sue, shares her desperation to find out what happened to him.

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0:00.0	This season we're launching a new episode of The Missing every week, but if you don't want to wait, all episodes are currently available completely ad-free on what's the story crime. Signing up is really easy.
0:15.0	Just follow the link in our show notes.
0:17.0	You're guaranteed to find your new favorite true crime listen.
0:21.0	From con men to missing people, forensic investigations to miscarriages of justice,
0:27.0	what's the story crime is the home for all true crime fans who want bingeable, addictive, crime-based content. In this episode we tell the story of Andrew Capon, a 37-year-old father of three from Grantham who disappeared during a night out in
0:54.2	Skegness, Lincolnshire on the second of October 1998. Over 23 years later
1:01.5	the loved ones he left behind are still searching for the answers.
1:07.6	I still need to know for myself as well as the kids and for his family what has happened if he is alive if he's dead so that we can
1:17.7	all grieve for him. I'm Pandora Sykes and you're listening to the missing a podcast series brought to you
1:26.2	with support from the charity Missing People and Investigation Specialists locate International.
1:32.4	They believe that all of the cases in this
1:36.4	series could still be solved. This is the missing, Andrew Capon. Andrew and his wife Sue grew up in Grantham, Lincolnshire on opposite sides of the same cul-de-sac of Hamilton Road.
2:04.0	We both went to the same school and I met him when I was about 16.
2:11.0	Andrew was tall standing at 6 foot two with blue eyes and brown hair, pierced
2:16.5	ears and tattoos on both arms. He was three years older than Sue so their
2:21.5	paths didn't cross in any meaningful way at school.
2:24.0	However, their parents knew each other, and the pair were eventually introduced through
2:28.2	Andrews Mother Margaret at a New Year's Eve party in the Capon family home.
2:33.0	His mom used to make like ragdoles
2:37.0	and the place where I worked, I started taking some to work
2:42.0	and people were interested in them and I started selling them for her.
2:47.6	So we sort of got together through that really.
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