‘ Significant information’ from witness in 1992 murder inquiry

POLICE INVESTIGATING the suspected murder of a 23- yearold man in 1992 have been contacted by a witness in what has been described as a “significant” development.

Steven Clark’s elderly parents, Doris and Charles Clark, have been arrested on suspicion of his murder, and police have been carrying out searches of their home and garden in Marske- bytheSea, Cleveland.

A missing person’s report stated that at 3pm on December 28 1992, during a family walk, the son used the gents’ public toilets near the promenade in Saltburn, Cleveland, while his mother went to the ladies’.

The new witness placed Mr Clark in Marske in the late afternoon, Cleveland Police said.

When he did not come out of the toilets, Mrs Clark said she thought her son had made his own way home, but he was never seen again.

No body has ever been found. A cold case review led detectives to suspect he had been murdered, and his parents were arrested.

Following public appeals for information, the detective leading the case said a potential witness has come forward to say she saw Mr Clark in Marske late in the afternoon.

Cleveland Police said the development gave them “significant information”.

The force said the potential witness was out with her family and reported that Mr Clark passed them as they were walking on the High Street towards Marske Square.

The man, believed to be Mr Clark, was walking in the opposite direction.