Sister of 22 year Clydebank man shares emotional statement

Glasgow Times

5 hours ago

David McCallum from Radnor Park was just 31 years old when he was reported missing by his family after last travelling to Loch Lomond.
Detectives in Clydebank say extensive enquiries have been carried out to try to trace David; however, there have always been "unanswered questions" surrounding his case.
His sister Susan, who spoke to the Glasgow Times in April 2003, weeks after his disappearance, said the "worst part" was that she had "no closure."
Two decades on, she has shared her family's anguish as the circumstances around his disappearance remain unknown.
In a statement shared by the Missing People charity, Susan said: "On your birthday, you would have turned 54. It's hard to believe it's been 22 years without your cheeky grin, your quick wit, and that spark only you had.
"Though life has carried on, the space you left is still felt deeply by us all. We hold onto the laughter, the love, and the hope — always.
"Miss you every day, our forever cheeky chappy.'
David's appeal says the family, which wants to keep up publicity of his case in the hopes of his siblings being reunited with him someday.
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David was last seen on Sunday, March 30, 2003, in the Rwoardennan area of Loch Lomond.
The then 31-year-old was reported missing the next day, and his black Ford Focus was found near where he was last seen.
There were potential sightings of him in Sussex in 2017 and at the Tower Hill Underground Station in 2019.
David is described as 5ft 9ins tall, slim build, dark brown hair.
On his 54th birthday, Police Scotland, in collaboration with Dundee University, shared age-progressed images of what David could look like now.
(Image: Police Scotland) Dr Tobias Houlton, a lecturer in Craniofacial Identification and Forensic Imaging at the University of Dundee, was approached by Police Scotland in May to generate the images.
Speaking to the Glasgow Times, he said: "In these sad events where people have gone missing for various reasons, we are contacted to develop images that could be used to assist an investigation.
"There are various challenges. For example, we don't really know what their living circumstances are like.
"The police mentioned that there was a chance that [David] might have been living homeless.
"I think with this particular case, 22 years is a long time. It's certainly one of the longer spans of time that I've worked with.
"These cases are invariably challenging, and the added issue is you never know if the individual actually wants to be identified or not."
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Detectives say extensive enquiries have been carried out to try and trace David, but so far there have been no confirmed sightings.
Detective Inspector David Lavery, Dumbarton Police Office, said: 'We regularly review unsolved missing person cases and there have always been unanswered questions around David's disappearance.
'There have been a number of appeals over the years, including by the charity Missing People.org and on television documentaries.
'These latest images show what David may look like now. If anyone recognises David from these images, or has any information that can help our enquiries, please contact us.
'I would appeal particularly to anyone who was wild camping in the Lochan Maoil Dhuinne area the weekend David was last seen, as well as people who have worked with the homeless community in London over the years.'
Police Scotland works in close partnership with the Missing People Charity. They can be contacted via telephone on free phone 116 000 or by visiting the Missing People website.