Sister’s sad tribute to lost Sandy
Agony of 46-year search for boy
The sister of a child at the th centre of one of the th country’s oldest
missing m persons cases has ha said the family are still st desperate for answers an – 46 years on from fr his disappearance.
S a n d y Da v i d s o n v a n i she d f rom h i s grgrandparents’ garden in BBourtreehi l l, Irvine, on ApApril 23, 1976, when he was ththree years old.
He had been playing with litlittle sister Donna when he is believed to have chased a pepet dog out of the garden gate.
Despite police searches of the area and fami ly apappeals on TV, the blondhahaired and blue- eyed boy hahas not been seen since.
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disappearance, Donna – now 48 – urged anyone who might know of his fate to get in touch.
Posting on social media, she said: “[It has been] 46 years since we last seen you Sandy – living without you has been tough.
“We all want you home, not knowing where you are is a living nightmare. I try every day to try to f ind memories of you in my head but I’ve none and that breaks my heart. Love you forever our blue-eyed boy.”
Sympathy poured in for Donna following her post.
Allan Bryant, who is still looking for his son Allan Jr af ter he was repor ted missing from Glenrothes in November 2013, said: “Thinking of you, Donna.”
Donna has worked tirelessly to find Sandy for decades. Last year she returned to the house where she and her big brother had been playing on the day he vanished, retracing her steps in the hope it might jog someone’s memory.
In January she appeared on Amazon Music podcast The Missing to share the story with a global audience.