Missing...but they’ll never be forgotten

I have a grandson who has been missing for nearly 14 years so I felt very emotional when I watched the Missing Persons Choir sing on Britain’s Got Talent last weekend.

As you reported last week, the song I Miss You was written by Peter Boxell, whose son Lee disappeared aged 15 nearly 30 years ago.

My grandson walked out of his house in 2003 aged 24 and has not been seen or heard of since.

When someone goes missing, the effect it has on the family or loved ones is devastating – you can be angry, depressed and bewildered, and left with a sense of bereavement. It’s not something you can get over or get used to. And there’s not a day that goes by when you don’t wonder what has happened. There is a massive unanswered question in your life and until you know, you never stop thinking about it. It’s a little bit like torture.

I am grateful for the publicity surrounding the choir on BGT. And if it helps only one family find their loved one, then it has been worth it. Jean Cooper, Muswell Hill, North London