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Valerie Nettles says young males continue to go under the radar in missing person cases and calls for a number of changes in the way missing persons cases are handled by police.
Damien Nettles
Damien Nettles went missing at the age of 16 in mysterious circumstances on 2 November 1996. He has never been found.
The Nettles family have had the continued support of thousands of Islanders in their search for Damien. Campaigns for information leading to his remains take place as each year passes.
Rewards of £20,000 by the Police and £10,000 from a local businessman have sadly led nowhere in providing closure for Damien’s family.
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On the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Damien Nettles, Police say that any new searches would have to be based on verifiable information and not "fictions fuelled by the repetition of rumour".
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Ian Brownhill, a International Human Rights lawyer, has joined the team to try and secure funding so Hampshire police can get involved in the dig to search for Damien's remains.
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Islanders are invited to follow the route of Damien's last walk before he disappeared on 2nd November 1996. One volunteer taking part, of similar build to Damien and wearing the same clothes, hopes to able to jog people's memory.
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The Nettles family are appealing for anyone with information that tallies with previous intelligence to get in touch with them privately as they say it has taken on a new significance.
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A petition has been set up calling on the Government to provide extra funds for the Damien Nettles case, as they have for other families of missing children such as the McCanns and Needhams. Particularly important now as his mother says the small budget allocated to the case has been removed.
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If you have started watching or plan to watch BBCThree's Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared, a serialised real life crime investigation into the disappearance of Isle of Wight teenager, Damien Nettles, this interview with the journalists will give you some extra insight.
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Almost twenty years and the mystery of the disappearance of Isle of Wight teenager, Damien Nettles, has never been solved. Watch the first episode of BBC Three's eight part investigation to see what the journalists uncover.
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An eight-part documentary series investigating the disappearance of missing Isle of Wight teenager Damien Nettles - which has been likened to the NetFlix series Making of a Murderer - will be streamed online from Monday on BBCThree.
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Nearly 20 years on, missing teenager Damien Nettles' family thank Postcode Lottery players for supporting charity, Missing People.
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Relentless BBC investigative journalists have scrutinised every inch of the Damien Nettles case. OnTheWight has the background.
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Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Isle of Wight teenager Damien Nettles on the 19th anniversary of his disappearance. Don't forget tonight's vigil at 7.30 on the Green in Cowes.
