Kevin Fasting

The Missing

Darrell Brown

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Fasting went missing from Liverpool, Merseyside, on November 21st, 2003, leaving behind a note for his children as the only clue to where he’d gone. This episode of The Missing tackles the issue of suicide, and meets a son who will never stop searching.

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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.
0:41.6	Please be aware that this episode covers suicide, which some listeners may find triggering.
0:46.0	In 2019, there were 5,91 registered deaths by suicide in England and Wales.
0:57.0	That's an average of 18 suicides per day.
1:00.0	Suicide is one of the first things police explore when someone goes missing.
1:07.0	The missing person's mental state, previous attempts to take their own life, periods of depression,
1:14.0	are all things considered in the early stages
1:17.0	of a missing person's investigation.
1:20.0	In today's episode,
1:22.0	the possibility of suicide shadows our story.
1:25.0	But we ask a broader question too.
1:28.0	Whether we jump to the conclusion of suicide too quickly.
1:32.0	Whether there are sometimes other explanations and what we can do to help
1:37.0	keep the people we love safe.
1:39.0	That night I just started crying and I knew, I just knew, I just remember turning to my girlfriend at the time and saying he's not coming back.
1:48.2	I'm Pandora Sykes and you're listening to the missing a podcast series produced by What's the Story Sounds,
1:55.4	and brought to you with help from the charities Missing People and Locate International.
2:01.3	They believe that all of the cases in this series could still be solved.
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