'We Fear That the Police Have Forgotten About Our Missing Son' | This Morning
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- Five months ago, 22-year-old Jack O’Sullivan went missing after walking home from a night out with friends. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare - but Jack’s family say their ordeal has been made much worse by the way they’ve been treated by Avon and Somerset Police, after losing all faith in officers' attempts to locate him. As they now hire a private investigator to continue the search for him, Jack’s mum Catherine is joining us alongside criminologist David Wilson to share Jack’s story, including the way Jay Slater’s recent disappearance has influenced their search for him.
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Jack was one of my son Adam’s best friends at university. My only son unexpectedly died when he was 20…and Jack ran a 1/2 marathon in his honour. I was moved to tears at the kindness shown by Jack….who is such an intelligent, empathetic, humble and gracious young man. A truly wonderful human being. Jacks family need answers. His beautiful parents and brother are greatly suffering….& rightfully so. To experience the sudden loss of a beloved son/ daughter is an indescribable grief. But to ‘vanish’ into thin air seems equally profound. Pray for Jack & his family.
I'm so sorry for the pain that both of you have suffered..
Such kind, warm words. So sorry for your loss & I still pray that Jack is somehow found alive 🙏💜
What we're Jack's parents opinion of him doing one degree and then starting another and living at home at 22 ? Did you know his family at all ?
Hope Jack is found safe ❤
Well done @thismorning for covering Jack's story. I truly hope Jack's family gets answers soon. My heart breaks for them
Her strength is a testament of her love for her son. I hope Jack is found soon 💔
Just heartbreaking, a living nightmare for Jack’s family. I hope that very very soon his mum and dad can get closure…❤.
And Jack if you are out there, somewhere please get in touch with your family. Sending love and prayers.
Yet Jay Slater got so much coverage, and dont even get me started on the McCanns
Madeleine was 3, so of course there was a lot of coverage! And it was long ago, it doesn't take anything away from Jack's case. Of course it's not fair at all that this case didn't have any coverage especially at the beginning in the most crucial hours but let's not compare this case to the disappearance of a 3 years old girl 17 years ago.
@@AlysRoseMoney has been going towards finding her until now. The case has received £192,000 this year alone and £13.2m overall. Its BS! They have money for her but not for others. I wonder why.
I thought the same thing x
No doubt because their doctors@@Menooy22
@@AlysRose
Sadly multiple people go missing everyday, and not everyone can get coverage. Good for these parents for trying to get their son out there
But if you're a criminal you can raise 80k to splash on w.e whilst poor mums like this have to do the work.
A lovely woman and loving Mother, I hope she finds her son.x 🦋
Mums know their children and of course she was right. Hope you get some answers heartbreaking 💔
They need to push this… like the way they did for jay slater … he looks like a lovely lad and comes from a nice family … I hope his parents get some closure 😢
Prayers go to Catherine and her family ❤
Poor lady having to go through talking about this on air because the police haven't done anything.
This is heartbreaking 💔....What a Wonderful mum/family.....I really really hope you get Jack back safely....Sending Love to you all 😘
Exactly ,you can feel the love in this family he deffo wouldn’t be the runaway type ,something bad has happened hasn’t it-I think they need to investigate the people at the address his mum tracked his phone to !
I don't understand why I live in the UK, and I've only just heard of this case TODAY on the 6 o'clock evening news! Six months later 😡
There's barely any coverage! I hope he's found safe 🙏💖
Thank you for airing this
I hope he is found alive and well! Handsome lad! Heart breaks for his lovely mum 💔
Always impressed by David's show of compassion.
Mothers intuition is so powerful they know when something is wrong almost instantly
Sad to think that some people need a reward to step forward with information.
I am sending out my thoughts and prayers and love to this whole family and all of his friends
Praying for Jack and his family ❤
Lets get jacks name out there ..why hasnt there been more coverage about jack!! His poor mum and dad...its crazy this hasnt been headline news ....i dont get it
People go missing all the time. None of them get the coverage they deserve. Apart from a rare few
Probably because they don't have the money or support.
@@jonathan75801 no it’s just how the media works for some reason
@@Amelietravelbecause the system is corrupt and the elites are always involved in human trafficking cases
I don’t think these two was the right people to interview this heart broken lady
My heart absolutely breaks for her 😢
Why has this case not had news coverage? 😢 any parents worse nightmare 🥺 poor family. Why do only a rare few people get news coverage when missing ? I hope they get some answers soon 🙏🏽
It has been on MSM a fair few times but unfortunately it hasn't gotten much traction
I really! Hope! And pray that he will be found alive and well and safe and sound as soon as possible
Disgusting that the police aren’t doing more, and this is the first I’ve seen it on the tv why on earth isn’t this on the news
It has been on the news a fair few times, but for some reason hasn't gotten much traction
She looks like she’s going to break at every point through this interview 💔💔💔💔please god get this woman’s baby home
His phone was active for 3 hours after he never returned home,
It was traced to an address in Bristol I hope that was properly followed up
Andrew Gosden deserves more attention too, his poor family have been through so much trying to find him 😢
Poor woman I have sons the same age, my heart goes out to her I hope she has answers soon. I just wish Rochelle hadn't interviewed her as she smiles to herself all the time smugly despite difficult interviews.
I didn't see Rochelle smile ONCE 🙄
Let's just focus on this missing lad and his lovely Mum, eh?
Can a search party not be organised ? Has anyone from this party he went to been interviewed by the police ? You can’t assume he just ended up in the river? A bright, intelligent, consiencious young man goes to a party, obviously has a few drinks, then tries to get home and is never seen again? Is it possible he might have been attacked? Hit by a car ? He certainly doesn’t sound like a young man that would just go off somewhere without messaging his family. Somethings not right here and surely someone must have seen him walking that night? I’m sure the people of the Uk will help in whatever way they can, if they know this young man’s gone missing? This poor family, my heart just goes out to them and I hope they get the help they need in finding their son Jack. Sending love and hope from Australia 🫶🏻
It's outrageous! I only saw this TODAY on the 6 o'clock evening news and I live here in the UK!
My heart hurts for this loving family and I hope he's found soon 😢🙏
I knew it.
The cops immediately went to the ASSUMPTION that he'd simply fallen into the river. So instead of following actual facts, actual information, actual evidence, everything is polluted by their assumptions. This is the level of incompetence we have all seen in policing for decades. Go back to almost every prominent case and you'll see the same catastrophic failures, with egotistical and arrogant cops asserting that they know what happened, and therefore not doing the job they SHOULD be doing of gathering actual information that's pertinent to the case.
Then, when it becomes clear their incompetence has catastrophically damaged a case, they pivot their efforts entirely to protecting themselves from criticism. So now we can't trust anything they claim, because it's most likely designed to protect themselves from accountability.
There is zero reason to believe that Jack entered the water, there is no evidence at all, of any kind, which should give anyone any reason to come to that conclusion.
There is CCTV evidence to suggest that he DIDN'T, that he walked back away from that area, and there is phone ping data that puts his phone at several points away from that area.
My thoughts are with Jack's loved ones. I can't even imagine what they're going through.
He seems like a genuinely lovely lad with great success ahead of him, and I just hope they find him.
I agree.
If the water was not there I wonder what the assumption would be?
STATISTICS do not answer ANY MISSING PERSON CASE!
SO FRUSTRATING 😡
Sometimes it’s not because the specific individual police working on it are inept. Sometimes it’s because they’re part of a network. There’s only so long anyone could keep saying that. When people don’t do the very things they absolutely should it’s because they don’t want it uncovered.
I remember watching a documentary on netflix (UK) about a couple in California I believe and the lady had been kidnapped and her boyfriend left behind. The police initially blamed the boyfriend and wouldn't stop with that theory. Then they thought the couple had faked the kidnapping when she turned up a few days later. It turns out her story was true but by then the police and news had defamed their name. They sued for a lot. The worst part is, if the police had done their job in the first place, they would have found her before she was SA and r***ed
That’s got to be the worst feeling as a mother. You’d feel completely helpless. I just wonder how she was able to see his location? Did she have a phone tracker for him?
probably find my iphone
I believe she said she did, yes.
Where are his friends pleading for help? Nobody from the party has spoken to the media have they? Where are they.
They need to speak to the police, not the media.
@forgeustiss6667 I get that but I'm just surprised his best friends or whatever haven't been in the public eye you know?
i'm surprised if the police haven't bothered to question people at the party if they know who Jack last spoke to or was hanging out with at that party. I'm hoping the people at the party will come forward with any info at all, to help find him.
@aurora6920 I agree everyone needs to recount that night but surely they have all spoken to the police already.
@@aurora6920I mean he was sighted walking home from the party on his own so unless he was being followed by somebody else from the party, I think it’s highly unlikely that anyone from the party has anything to do with it
❤..I'm sorry for this heartbreak you must be experiencing!! I hope he is found safe and well.x
Just heartbreaking, a living nightmare for Jack’s family. I hope that very very soon his mum and dad can get closure…❤.
And Jack if you are out there, somewhere please get in touch with your family. Sending love and prayers.
Also jack’s friends? There was no mention of anyone at the party? I’m assuming they’d all have been questioned
They probably weren't, because the cops have failed this case from the beginning when they decided - based on absolutely noting - that he "must have" gone into the river.
Honestly, this is the kind of incompetence we saw in the 70s and 80s, with caricature cops cosplaying as "investigators" in trench coats f'ing everything up the moment they arrived.
It must be one of the most awful experiences to live through/with. Just not knowing and having all the crazy and negative thoughts go round and round in your head. Sending positive thoughts to Catherine and her husband.
this is awful 😭 his lovely mam my heart goes out to her ❤️ i pray he’s found ❤️
I've been following this for a while . This road is a busy road ,even in the early hours . It is the one people take to the airport as well so people using that may have seen something.
Jack banged his head at the party but not really been explained how he did it ,was it severe? Also did he leave the party on good terms ,was he upset? Why didn't he use his Uber app as it's quite difficult to flag a taxi down.
Had he arranged to meet someone or left in a rush ?
The police should of knocked every door under the area his phone last pinged and checked any CCTV .
They cannot just assume he is in the river .
Jack's mum said a car was on CCTV and stopped but they couldn't work out the model etc. To me this seems important. Did someone stop to give him a lift and he was cold and tired so said yes or was it someone he knew ?
The family are having a duplicate SIM looked at , really hope this shows something .
That river nearby is lethal and yes people have fallen in but it shouldn't be left how it is.
Jack's poor family ,how they must be feeling I cannot even begin to understand .
I really hope they get answers and IF any wrong doing has been done justice is served .
Lots of love to jack and his family ❤️
@@gaynorhennessy9954 Yes, indeed. If police thought he went into the river, was there a search of the river? If not, why not?
@@beewa8840 I think they did search the river once but not since if I remember correctly
@@gaynorhennessy9954 Okay. Fair enough.
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What road
Hopefully they'll find him, I remember a guy I knew, same age 22, disappeared after a night out in York where he was at university in 2006, sadly his body was found in a river a week or so later.
So sad hope and pray he be found they seem a lovely family they must be so worried
This is hearbreaking that jack is still missing his poor mum and family
I wonder how many cameras were checked 🤔 What else was done? I know there is limited resources all round, but still. I thought the first 72 hours were crucial regarding things like this. 🤔
Absolutely heartbreaking story 💔💔💔
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I hope jack's family get more help from the police. I really hope jack's found 😢
Unbelievable that he just disappeared its absolutely awful for his family my prayers go out to you hope you find him asap
The first 72 hours is crucial
ABSOLUTELY!!!
Poor mother ❤
I feel so sad for this family. Thinking of them ♡
😢😢😢😢😢😢 this poor family, devastating, no one should go for a night out and just vanish 💔
Can't believe how police have been so dismissive with this poor family 😢
So sad. 😞 these poor parents.
They have so many people missing in the UK they aren't able to handle the amount.
Even the local buses don't seem to have any posters up 😢🤷🏻♀️
What did the people at the party he went to, have to say ?
If the police are certain he fell into the river, why haven't they searched it and found him? He was reported missing hours after he was last on CCTV, so couldn't have travelled that far down
Resources.
Missing people who are likely alive take priority for a finite resource pool
GOD THEY STILL HAVE'NT FOUND HIM..POOR MOTHER
How did Jay who was a convicted criminal get all that attention to find him yet this man has had zero publicity and probably little help to find him?
So sad Hope you get answers to what’s happened to your son
Feel for this family. Looks like a decent lad and family.
I hope they find him ❤ absolutely heartbreaking 💔
I’m so sorry to hear this! Both mum and son are just amazing people! You can really tell!
I fear he may of fell into a river nearby, as there is afew ponds and river near the bridge from where Jack last was :(
I hope you find your son! Some way or another :( thoughts are with yourself and family x
God I so hope he is found safe and well. 😞
find jack!
I was missing for one night. I lost my phone and couldnt communicate with anyone. My switch card was also in my phone so i couldnt get a taxi back.
Thinking of you all 💔
Yh the look in the eyes is heart breaking
With technology today there is no mention of where his phone was last located. My phone “apparently ” has a location setting that’s supposed to work even if the phone is turned off. Maybe someone can help me understand why the police have not followed this and where jack’s phone was last located. I hope and pray for this family to get answers soon.
Police are more interested in protecting illegal immigrants over british nationals sad but true
These interviewers seemed very lovely and compassionate here 💜 such an awful story :( way too many vanish
According to the news report, Bauer Media News, jack tried flagging down two cars or taxis? If this is true then it is highly likely jack got into a car with someone who appeared friendly or genuine but were indeed opportunist, with nefarious intention
Hope you get closure 🙏
God love his poor family hope hes found 🙏 ❤
Did they send any divers /boats like the guy who stepped up to help in Nicola b case in the area then? I haven’t heard of any
where do we turn nowadays ,theres nothing .its no wonder the world is like it is
My heart breaks for the family of the young man . However , this is nothing new . I watch a lot of crime documentaries and if there is no new evidence they can't really do anything .
That doe not mean they haven't maybe made mistakes . But as parents we would all believe enough isn't be being done .
It really helps to have CTV footage . And he could have fallen in river . It happens more than people know .
People don't always want too believe that .
I hope he is found to give closure .
There are no people following him , no evidence of foul play yet .
If the Private Invester hasn't found anything then maybe there is nothing to find .
It sounds harsh but it is reality .
It doesn’t seem fair that some missing children/adults have more money spent on their search than others. To date over £13m has been spent on missing madeleine McCann.
We all know that her parents should have been arrested for neglect and child endangerment. What were they thinking? Leaving a 3 year old and two babies alone in a hotel room in a foreign country. Yet they get to play the victim for a mistake that's entirely their fault and people like Jack don't get any coverage or actual police work.
Was Jack's air tag located with his phone at Granby Hill at 0540?
Pray he is found
How is Jack not an "ideal victim?" He's young, white, good looking, educated and goes missing in one of the most sought after cities in the country. This case should be huge 😢
Interesting case definitely similar to the 411 cases , the cctv is questionable, I would be very open minded ,
Am a student at Bristol Uni, and unfortunately a few students all male have ended up in the river after a night out . Hope the body is found so his parents can get some closure at least.
Why didn’t he get a cab like he said he would?? Why doesn’t anyone ever ask why he was walking such a long way to get home
He booked an Uber but it didn't turn up so it appears that he walked to get a taxi.
This "New Friends"!!!!!!!!Jay Slater also disappeared the day he met "New Friends" Come on!!!
I usually have so much respect for David Wilson, but not during this.
Was CCTV checked . It is crucial
I just love Professor David Wilson. He is so clever and well-read. I just don't understand why they brought him on here. It was a giant waste of his time.
Look near a canal he's not with us anymore x. 😢
they used to hav real crimewtch and its neded now too
Has the river been searched just incase?
Andrew Gosden is still missing.
Media have blood on their hands
The MSM have reported on this stoya fair few times, unfortunately it has gotten much traction
This presenter is unbelievably insensitive or perhaps too inexperienced to cover this story. 💗 to this family - I hope they get some answers.
There must be cars that had dashcams
Was the water ever searched??
Yes
Every person like this seems like the BBC are giving them drugs
🙏🏼❤️
When police gone do there job when???
I'm so interested in Jack's case my daughter lives in Bristol. but why do we keep having this criminologist/ idiot commenting on stuff. He always just states the obvious . Really feel for the mother. Sadly he probably has passed but if he had been a 20 year old white girl they'd have looked for him more. Mother's intuition is a real thing she knew he would let her know if he wasn't coming home . Sending my love ❤
I truly believe Jay slater’s case got so much coverage because there were live cameras, in those first few days the public were watching them, trying to help find any sign. If they had those everywhere I think it would be a huge help!
After that is was all the conflicting statements, conspiracies etc that took over, but I really think those live cameras were what first got the public glued to it, and as we know the media just follow what gets the most clicks and views!
The police honestly and obviously don't care if someone is missing because to them someone being missing isn't that important when it is
Also, I think the fact that he's an adult has come into it as well. Even though it's possibly out of character for him to disappear and not get in contact , the fact he's an adult means he's low on the priority list which isn't right as Jack is someone's son and loved one.
Whereas a child or Jay Slater are considered higher priority due to them either being under age or missing in a foreign country
@@madeleinalazaris8138 But that's not the case when you're female.
Nicola Bulley is a good example, and there have been several others since.
Why did Nicola get 24/7 news coverage, volunteer search teams, masses of policing power, river searches, public release of CCTV footage within days, calls for information on the BBC...
I'm not saying she didn't deserve that, because she absolutely did. But there is a very obvious and clear bias going on where males are not given anywhere close to the same level of attention.
@ct5625 No I fully agree. You're absolutely right, there is a MASSIVE bias occurring.
Jack should be given the same media attention as any other missing person
MANY people DO CARE, but it's crucial for the MEDIA and LE to get the word out ASAP, and make CARING PEOPLE aware, so that they can all do their utmost to assist.
they would if it was there own family
Out come the conspiracy theorists again...