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🗓️ 14 January 2022
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Nineteen-year-old Luke Durbin went missing in the early hours of Friday, May 12, 2006. Luke, from Hollesley, had gone for a night out with friends in Ipswich on Thursday May 11th, leaving his mobile phone and other personal belongings, including his motorbike, at a friend’s house in Woodbridge. He went to Zest nightclub in Ipswich with friends, but became separated from them during the evening. Luke’s mum Nicki describes the search that followed, and her interest in a blue car captured on CCTV the night of Luke’s disappearance.
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0:42.4 | The famous five were at home reading through their spring to-do list. |
0:47.0 | Rock climbing, city exploring, canoeing, ballooning, said Julian. |
0:53.0 | I really don't know where to start. |
0:56.0 | Well, let's start where we always do, replied Anne. |
1:00.0 | Where? asked Dick. |
1:02.0 | The railway station's silly! |
1:04.0 | Save on Spring Adventures with Great Western Railway. |
1:08.0 | Adventures start here. Whenever a loved one goes missing, we inevitably look for clues in the character or their |
1:28.7 | behavior for where they might have gone. |
1:32.2 | We might look at any recent changes in their work or home life. |
1:35.3 | We might think about their friendship groups or family dynamics that they're a part of. |
1:40.5 | Or we might look further back into their past. |
1:47.0 | Somewhere along the line, there could be a detail which stands out, |
1:51.0 | or a place, or a person, or a reason why they might have disappeared. |
1:58.0 | But in some cases that journey to learn about our loved one can uncover something surprising. |
2:05.0 | And the reasons for their disappearance can become much more sinister. |
2:12.0 | This episode hears from Nicky Durbin, who has been desperately searching for her son, Luke, for more than 16 years. |
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