0:00:06 > 0:00:08PHONE RINGS
0:00:08 > 0:00:09Police emergency?
0:00:14 > 0:00:18Every two minutes, someone in Britain is reported missing.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22You feel total panic.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Is there anything in the address that shows
0:00:26 > 0:00:28any sort of planned absences? Any notes?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31There are hundreds of different reasons as to why people might
0:00:31 > 0:00:33be missing from home.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36- REPORTER:- Concerns are growing for the welfare
0:00:36 > 0:00:38of a missing Darlington pensioner.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Archie!
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Losing time can be catastrophic.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45They key for each investigation is to piece together
0:00:45 > 0:00:48the missing person's last known movements.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Some crumb, a sighting, that's what we're after.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Proof of life.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54What is going on in your head?
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Where are you going?
0:00:56 > 0:00:58What are you going to go and do next?
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Following Durham Police,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05cameras capture everyone's perspective, minute by minute,
0:01:05 > 0:01:06as the cases unfold.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08You saw the male at the cemetery?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11We seen him leaving the cemetery and turning right.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18For loved ones left at home, everything hangs in the balance.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21You see people missing all the time, but you don't actually feel it,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24do you, until it actually happens to somebody who's close.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26It's the worst feeling in the world.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31It doesn't matter how close you are to somebody, everybody has secrets.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35I found him! I've just found him, I've just found him now!
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I want to know where my son is.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39I need to be with him.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Darlington, 8pm.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I'll print some copies out for everybody.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Durham Police receive 47 missing children's reports a week.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56But Joshua's learning difficulties make him
0:02:56 > 0:02:59an especially high priority.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01When they say that the child's got learning difficulties,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- do we know the nature of those? - That's all we've got at the minute.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07They're just going to the address now to try and get further details.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09At Darlington police station,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Inspector Sarah Honeyman calls Joshua's mother.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Emily, I've got officers en route to you now.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19There's just a couple of questions that I'd like to ask, just to help.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22If there's anywhere else you can think of that our other officers
0:03:22 > 0:03:23could be checking?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Your mum's? What's her address?
0:03:27 > 0:03:28I know you are, I know.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30It's starting to get dark, isn't it?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34All right, OK, we'll be with you very shortly, but we are looking.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Your child is the most precious thing in your life.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41As a parent myself, you'd really be looking for somebody to say,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43"Everything's going to be OK."
0:03:43 > 0:03:46But you can't give that guarantee, and it would be wrong to.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49We've only got about another hour of daylight, if that.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- I'll go and see who's available. - Half an hour. Thanks, Barry.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54You can only tell them that you will do absolutely everything
0:03:54 > 0:03:57in your power to locate their loved one.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Outside his home address,
0:04:07 > 0:04:12PCs Simon Hopper and Jane Muir have completed a search of the area,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14but have found no sign of Joshua.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20You've got all of us looking for him.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Yeah.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- Well, we shall do our best to find him for you, OK?- OK.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Joshua's mum is partially deaf,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35and wasn't able to hear her son leaving the house.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37We're going to put a request in for the Council, just to check on their
0:04:37 > 0:04:40cameras, cos hopefully Joshua will have ran that way
0:04:40 > 0:04:42into the park, and then we can sort of...
0:04:42 > 0:04:45If the camera picks him up, we can sort of see if he's gone...
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- Where he's gone.- Yeah.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49So into the moor, or across towards Neasham Road, Yarm Road,
0:04:49 > 0:04:50sort of way.
0:04:51 > 0:04:532406 Darlington CCTV.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Your camera that's looking into Eastbourne Park
0:04:57 > 0:04:59at the minute...
0:05:07 > 0:05:09It's just whether your camera would have been pointing this way,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12or is it generally pointing into the park?
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Jane, is there any update, and what was his demeanour like?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26He's had a fallout about not being allowed access to his tablet,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28and he's bolted out the back of the house.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Although this has happened before, he's never been out this late.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40What's happened is they've had an argument and he stormed out,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42so he's gone in a mood.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48With CCTV unable to provide any evidence of Joshua's
0:05:48 > 0:05:50direction of travel,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53officers need to understand more about his ability
0:05:53 > 0:05:54to cope on his own.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Would he know to ask for help if he was worried
0:05:58 > 0:06:01about being away from you for too long and needed to get back?
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- He'd know how to?- I always say, "Go to Darlington Police Station."
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Does he have any money on him at all?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10No. It's all there, I've just counted.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Mobile phone?- He doesn't have one. - OK.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Has Joshua got any siblings, brothers or sisters?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- No.- So it's just you and Joshua that live here?- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21He run off to calm himself down.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26It's his release, I think, of whatever's going on his head.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28SHE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I can't stop, my whole body shakes when I'm worried.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Joshua was slow to develop as a child,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40and recently he's been struggling to cope with his emotions.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44This is the third time he's run away in the last two months.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46But he has always returned before nightfall.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57'Right you are then.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01'Oh, you got one!'
0:07:03 > 0:07:07When I had Josh, he was five weeks premature,
0:07:07 > 0:07:11and they took him away, put him in an incubator.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13And I thought he wasn't coming back to me.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Because he was premature,
0:07:19 > 0:07:24he was not developing as much as he should have done when he was a baby.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28He wasn't hearing properly, and he wasn't speaking properly.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I said, "No matter how hard it gets,
0:07:31 > 0:07:33"we're going to get through it together."
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I hate it, I hate it, feeling like this.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42I am so scared now.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Because he could be hit by a car.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I've explain the dangers, and strangers.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Can I have a quick look round? Do you mind?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Just sometimes children hide and things, so...
0:07:58 > 0:08:00A lot of the times, we can be confident in that,
0:08:00 > 0:08:03although we're worried for the children that are missing,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06that they are streetwise, they can look after themselves to a degree.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09With Josh, because of his age, his level of maturity,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12his ability to cope socially outside,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14when you get all of those factors put together,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17you're dealing with a child that is vulnerable.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Then you do start to worry.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- You said he's got an all-day bus ticket.- Yeah.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Does that allow travel outside of Darlington?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- No, just in Darlington.- All right, so it could only be on Darlington
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- on the transport with that ticket? - Yeah.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34So we've got a 12-year-old boy that's missing from home
0:08:34 > 0:08:36that we've got concerns for.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38So just wondering, with it getting dark now,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41if there's any chance of you getting a message out
0:08:41 > 0:08:44to your drivers with a description of him?
0:08:44 > 0:08:45With an all-day bus pass,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Joshua can travel up to four miles in any direction.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53And in the three and a half hours he's now been missing,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55he could be anywhere in Darlington.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Evening.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12We've got a 12-year-old missing person, five-foot-tall,
0:09:12 > 0:09:17wearing a white superhero T-shirt, and with blue glasses
0:09:17 > 0:09:19and mousy blonde hair.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- Walking round the town? - Possibly.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Could be in the town, mate, could be in the town.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25As soon as I see him, I'll give you a ring.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26Cheers, lads, thank you.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31'We've been requested by supervision to assist with this search for this
0:09:31 > 0:09:34'12-year-old MISPA. Can you give us some information, please?'
0:09:36 > 0:09:38He's in the 12 to 14 category.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Statistics from previous cases have been gathered together
0:09:42 > 0:09:46to create guidelines to help the police prioritise where to search
0:09:46 > 0:09:47for missing people.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51It would say that the top quarter would be found at their home address
0:09:51 > 0:09:53or have returned to their home address.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56The next 24% at a friend's address,
0:09:56 > 0:10:00and then 19% traced walking in a public street or park.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02In Joshua's case, he is known to frequent a couple
0:10:02 > 0:10:04of the parks in Darlington.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Alan, if you concentrate your efforts around the town centre
0:10:11 > 0:10:15and parks and recreational areas, apparently he goes into parks,
0:10:15 > 0:10:17and he's quite open to talking to people.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24This is a hang-out spot for a lot of our missing kids.
0:10:27 > 0:10:28Evening. You all right?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32INDISTINCT SHOUTING
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Officers have now searched the town centre, checked parks,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and admissions at the local hospital.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51But there is still no trace of Joshua.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57They need to gain more insight into his character...
0:10:58 > 0:11:01..in the hope it offers new clues as to where he might be.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05So he wears... He's got a superhero T-shirt on?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Oh, he wants to be like Doctor Who.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11He thinks he's a superhero at the moment.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13The Avengers on...? Yeah!
0:11:13 > 0:11:16He wants to be Captain America, cos that's his idol.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21It's someone to look up to.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23How about friends in other areas?
0:11:23 > 0:11:24No.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29He thinks he's a big hard lad, and he's not.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30He's a big softie.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33He's got a great nature.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37That's Mikey out the Ninja Turtles.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- What about this? - That's The Master on Doctor Who.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Eh, Grandad?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45'It's Doctor Who.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49'It's all Doctor Who.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52'He can name all his enemies, you know,'
0:11:52 > 0:11:55the Daleks, and all the other...
0:11:55 > 0:11:57people that Doctor Who's been against.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03It's fantasy, and it's away from reality, I suppose.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05And he can pretend...
0:12:06 > 0:12:09..in his own mind, that he's one of those.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20If he likes the fantastical elements,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23and if he's had an argument with his mother,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26then he is maybe going to try and create his own adventure.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30To escape the pain of the argument that he's had.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32But with kids, especially younger kids,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35who maybe don't have the social circle,
0:12:35 > 0:12:38it is a massive worry, because you wonder,
0:12:38 > 0:12:43"Is this child just basically wandering around all over the place,
0:12:43 > 0:12:44"too scared to come home?"
0:12:56 > 0:12:58PHONE RINGS
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Hello?
0:13:02 > 0:13:03Not yet.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07I'm bearing up.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08OK, Mum.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16I don't like it.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I don't like feeling like I'm helpless and useless.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I can't sit still.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28It's the scariest moment, not knowing where he is.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Is he all right? Has he hurt himself?
0:13:35 > 0:13:36I feel guilty.
0:13:38 > 0:13:44He's my son. It's my responsibility, as a mum, to be his protection.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49And that's why I feel guilty.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53We shouted at each other.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56He says nasty things, so I say nasty things back.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01And that's why I feel guilty,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03because I shouldn't have said it.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08'She's having a rough time, with her being on her own.'
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I just want to cuddle him, I just want to know he's safe.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15'Other people, you know, they've got their partners.'
0:14:15 > 0:14:18If the kids are getting wild,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20they're riling Mum up, she can pass them to Dad.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23She hasn't got that.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28We try and help her out.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32I really do love him.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39The longer it takes, I just want him home.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14CCTV have spotted something that's aroused their suspicion.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27So he's not with them, he's sat on his own watching.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39He's sat aside from the group playing basketball, watching them,
0:15:39 > 0:15:40sat on a bench.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45It's a good chance that...
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Well, it's the best you've had so far.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Darlington CCTV from 2724.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54We're entering Lascelles Park.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57That lad hasn't made off, has he?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Don't believe so. - How're you doing, kids? All right?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01What's your name?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- Luke.- How you doing, Luke? All right?- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:16:04 > 0:16:08A young lad called Josh, who's gone missing from home.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10He's only 12-years-old, right.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- Does he have glasses? - He has glasses, yeah.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Yeah, I know someone who lives down there.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20When was that, mate? Do remember when that was?
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- About half-past three, four o'clock. - About half-past three, four o'clock?
0:16:24 > 0:16:25- Yeah.- Okey dokey. All right.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- What time did he go missing? - About five.
0:16:29 > 0:16:311762 from 2724.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41We have a confirmed sighting, but by the little kid,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44who said it was half-past three,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47but you have to question his concept of time when Mam's saying
0:16:47 > 0:16:48it was much later than that.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55You're now thinking, "It's late, why hasn't he been spotted?"
0:16:55 > 0:16:57You know, "Why hasn't anybody rang in yet?"
0:16:57 > 0:16:59He's a 12-year-old boy.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01What skills does he have to manage to get through
0:17:01 > 0:17:03a night in the dark with nobody?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Nearly half of all missing 12-year-olds
0:17:09 > 0:17:12are found in under five hours.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14It's stressing me out now.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17The search to find Joshua has now passed that limit.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21I'm just waiting here in case he turns up at home.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Well, there's a worry from one of the previous officers, who had
0:17:23 > 0:17:28face-to-face dealings with him, that he's quite talkative to strangers.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35So the concern would be that, is he aware of these dangers,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37personal safety?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40That's the main concern at the moment, for me.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45The biggest fear is that somebody snatches that child.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48As a police officer, you're very well aware that there's
0:17:48 > 0:17:50more people out there that would do that than maybe
0:17:50 > 0:17:52the general public think or believe.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57At 38, I wouldn't want to be in Darlington town centre
0:17:57 > 0:18:00at ten o'clock on a Tuesday night by myself
0:18:00 > 0:18:02with no resources and no ability to get home,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04and he's a 12-year-old boy.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10He's putting himself in an extremely vulnerable position
0:18:10 > 0:18:13by walking out of home, and perhaps he doesn't understand
0:18:13 > 0:18:15the seriousness of the situation.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24'This is the frightening thing, that he just goes off anywhere.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27'He's running away from everything he knows'
0:18:27 > 0:18:30and then he's in his own little bubble,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33but he doesn't seem to have fear.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35This is the frightening thing.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40He's so friendly.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44We've tried to explain to him that there's men and women out there.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48I said, "Cos you're too friendly, you're too trusting,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50"they could quite easily take you away.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53"They could harm you, both physically, mentally."
0:18:57 > 0:19:01What has happened to a young girl up the road.
0:19:01 > 0:19:0217, never came home.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05She was murdered.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It was a few years ago.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16She'd met somebody online and he'd groomed her, but unfortunately,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20she was found murdered, just on the outskirts of Darlington.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Your experience will tell you that it's not likely to turn out badly,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27but you're aware that this could be the case that does.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33This is not like Josh.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Ten to ten now.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Come on, Joshua.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Knock on the door, do something to let me know you're all right.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Where is he?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I feel ill now.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I want to know where my son is.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I want to go and find him.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04I need to be with him, wherever he is, if he's been hurt
0:20:04 > 0:20:05or anything like that.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27PHONE RINGS
0:20:31 > 0:20:32INDISTINCT
0:20:33 > 0:20:34Yes, erm...
0:21:14 > 0:21:17When you get that call that they're with another police force,
0:21:17 > 0:21:22or another police station, and you know they're with colleagues...
0:21:22 > 0:21:26and you know that you can safely make that call to Mum
0:21:26 > 0:21:29and pass on the good news...
0:21:29 > 0:21:33..for everybody involved, it really is a sense of relief.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40KNOCK ON DOOR
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Hello.- Still no sign?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- No, we've got some excellent news. He's been found.- Where was he?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54He's in South Shields, believe it or not.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56It's all right, he's been found.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58No, but that's not the point.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00- I thought the worst. - I know.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- Thank you.- All right?- Yeah.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07He's safe and sound, he's come to no harm.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08He's with our friends over in Northumbria,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10so we're going to drive straight up there
0:22:10 > 0:22:12and get him and bring him back.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15He's probably just got on a bus and thought he was near to home and not
0:22:15 > 0:22:17realised how far he's travelled, so...
0:22:19 > 0:22:20All right? Are you OK?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Not really, no.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23I know it's upsetting, but...
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- I just want to cuddle him, but... - I know.- ..I'm angry as well.- Yeah.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31It's natural. You get it with kids.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34You want to cuddle them and strangle them at the same time.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36South Shields is...
0:22:37 > 0:22:40It's not exactly the nearest point in Northumbria's area.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41No, it's not.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44So it's fair to say that he's not been found this evening
0:22:44 > 0:22:46where we would have expected to find him.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Come on then, you little monster, take your mask off.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Let's see your face. Haway, then.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Right.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- You can come to South Shields with your mum.- OK.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59- With your mum next time.- Yeah.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03I'm Simon.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09Right, now we've got that out of the way, like I say,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12I did warn you there was going to be a telling-off part of this.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- Yeah.- OK? And part of that is that you have done something today
0:23:16 > 0:23:18that is bad...
0:23:18 > 0:23:23..daft and has also led to your mum being terrified
0:23:23 > 0:23:26as to where you are and what's been up with you.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29And just think, anything could've happened to you while you've been on
0:23:29 > 0:23:32that bus today, travelling all over the place,
0:23:32 > 0:23:33and no-one would've known.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38It's hard to be a parent.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41I have struggled with Josh.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46His dad's never bothered with him, so...
0:23:47 > 0:23:50He's craving for friendship.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55He hasn't got a dad figure, so maybe his need to talk,
0:23:55 > 0:23:59or get his frustration out on something.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02It does scare me because I don't know what's going on
0:24:02 > 0:24:04through that little head.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14I'm shattered.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17But not time for my bed.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- What time do you normally go to bed? - About nine-ish.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Being a fan of the superheroes as you are...
0:24:25 > 0:24:26- Yeah.- ..do you look up to them?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:24:28 > 0:24:32I'm going to go back to being like a bit of a boring policeman type,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34dad type person, all right?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36And give you a bit of advice, all right?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38If you like the superheroes so much...
0:24:39 > 0:24:43..what do you think the superheroes would have done today?
0:24:43 > 0:24:44What would have been the right thing to do?
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Go to their own planet and think it out.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50So let's have your bedroom be your home planet,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53that's like your crypt on your Fortress of Solitude.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56- Gallifrey.- The Gallifrey.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59You bedroom is your Gallifrey, right?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Yeah, which is Doctor Who.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Can I have that as a promise?
0:25:05 > 0:25:06- Yeah?- Yep.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Pinkie promise, you can't back out of that.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09No. Double pinkie.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Ah! You're just trying to arm wrestle with me, aren't you?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17It's like a secret way to get me into an arm wrestle!
0:25:17 > 0:25:18No, it's a double pinkie!
0:25:34 > 0:25:35I'm sorry, Mam.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- That's not nice, is it? - No.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45And how did you get to South Shields?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- What money did you have? - I didn't. I used that bus ticket.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51That shouldn't have got you to South Shields.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53- Well, it did.- Yeah, I think the bus drivers haven't been
0:25:53 > 0:25:54paying that much attention.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57But I fairly made sure that he's never going to run off again,
0:25:57 > 0:25:59because we have twice quadrupled pinkie promised.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- It's not a laughing matter, Josh, it's serious.- I'm not laughing.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Thank you.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06You're welcome.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10'He should be old enough now not to do things like this.'
0:26:10 > 0:26:12But Josh won't open up of why he's done it.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16"I just feel the need to do it."
0:26:17 > 0:26:20In the nicest possible way, fingers crossed we don't see you again.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22- Hopefully. Thank you.- Cheers.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26INTERVIEWER: Do you understand why your mum gets cross?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- Yeah.- And your grandparents?
0:26:30 > 0:26:31Why is that, do you reckon, though?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Because they know that something's wrong with me.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39But they don't like me running away.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42They care about me so much.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46What sort of stuff goes through your mind?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Hatred, stress...
0:26:52 > 0:26:54..anger, fear.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Fear.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- What, all those things? - Yep.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05It's kind of hard to be like a kid
0:27:05 > 0:27:08that's not different to the rest,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11but keeps on getting bullied by other kids.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16They just have a go at me, push me, punch me,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19and all these nasty other things that I can't go into details about.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22They're not very nice at all.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27'The most common age groups with missing from home
0:27:27 > 0:27:29'is probably sort of 14 to 16.'
0:27:31 > 0:27:34I think it's a really difficult age for most young people.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I think it's about fitting in.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Children want to fit in, be with their peer groups.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44And if they don't adhere to that,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47and their friends at school or their associates at school
0:27:47 > 0:27:49think that they don't dress the same way as they do
0:27:49 > 0:27:51or it's not fashionable,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54then that just becomes another factor to be picked on for.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57And they just don't realise,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00they're just not old enough and not wise enough
0:28:00 > 0:28:02to realise the impact that that's having.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05It will be revenge!
0:28:14 > 0:28:16PHONE RINGS
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Police emergency?
0:28:29 > 0:28:30What does it say on the note?
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Nearly half of all children are victims of bullying
0:28:54 > 0:28:57at some point during their secondary school lives.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07She's never done anything like that before, no?
0:29:10 > 0:29:11What's her name?
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- It's Katie.- Katie?
0:29:18 > 0:29:19She's never once run away.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23She always ends up talking to us about it.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28I'll put Lynsey on for you, Sheila, hold on.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31- All right. Here, it's your Sheila. - OK, thank you.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Hiya, honey.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Aye, there's one just in there.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41No, it's all right, sweetheart.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43We've got all the police and everything over,
0:29:43 > 0:29:44and I'll keep you informed.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48But if you see or hear anything, just let us know.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Mum Jackie and her partner Lynsey have not seen Katie
0:29:51 > 0:29:54since they left for work at nine o'clock this morning.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57No, we've kept her at home this week cos there's been an issue with
0:29:57 > 0:29:58her schooling.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- Jackie?- Yeah?
0:30:01 > 0:30:03On Katie's laptop here there's a password hint - Mario.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- All right, thank you.- Does that...?
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- Oh, Yoshi.- Yoshi?- Yoshi.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- Will do, thank you, honey.- Spot on.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18The missing person in a negative frame of mind
0:30:18 > 0:30:21is a completely different matter to deal with.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24And when you find a suicide note,
0:30:24 > 0:30:26everything else goes out the window.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31The parade room at the station will empty
0:30:31 > 0:30:33and you will get every available officer
0:30:33 > 0:30:35will go and look for that child.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Within 15 minutes of the 999 call,
0:30:50 > 0:30:52there are ten police officers searching
0:30:52 > 0:30:54the Ferryhill area for Katie.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10Police Search and Rescue Adviser Paul Black is across the case.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14So, what we've got is Katie Breen, 13 years of age,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17who lives just over the back in this housing estate here.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21She's been having problems at school, issues with other kids.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24This morning her mum and her partner have gone to work,
0:31:24 > 0:31:26she was going to be staying at home.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28The grandparents arrived at the home address
0:31:28 > 0:31:32and have found a note from the child basically saying,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35"Too much, goodbye."
0:31:35 > 0:31:38We want to allocate, say, four officers for each area
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- and start doing that now.- Right. Yeah, just get them pushed on.
0:31:41 > 0:31:42Get them pushed on.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45If somebody can keep a log of who's gone into which area.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- Who's gone into which area, yeah. - And then the time they started,
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- the time they finished.- Right.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52There's no hard and fast rules.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Everyone has their own story
0:31:54 > 0:31:56and different triggers.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- About the girl, you haven't seen anyone?- I haven't seen anybody.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00No-one at all? Thank you.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03So you've got to try and understand that individual
0:32:03 > 0:32:05at that moment in time.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09The first hour of any missing persons case is crucial.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- Did she take a phone with her? - No, she's not taken her phone.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14But with Katie's parents at work,
0:32:14 > 0:32:18it was a full two hours before her absence was reported to police.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Paul and his team are already behind.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Every minute that goes by, that worry increases.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30And the longer it takes us to get going on our search,
0:32:30 > 0:32:32the more critical it is to the individual that's missing.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45She's planned it, though.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Because she's left a two-page letter.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53It's the darkness in the letter. In the, you know, like,
0:32:53 > 0:32:55what she says in the letter,
0:32:55 > 0:32:57it's just so disturbing and so worrying.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00It's not just, "I'm running away, I can't take it any more."
0:33:00 > 0:33:03It's, "I'm running away and you'll see me in the sky."
0:33:05 > 0:33:08That day, I remember snippets of that day.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14To be honest, I seen her going to her bed the night before,
0:33:14 > 0:33:15there was no...
0:33:15 > 0:33:20There was no signs that it was affecting her that much.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23And that's the scary thing.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Because we always felt we knew...
0:33:27 > 0:33:29we knew her better, we...
0:33:29 > 0:33:31we could see these things.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35And I spoke to the deputy head, who was trying to sort it out,
0:33:35 > 0:33:38and literally ten minutes before I found out all of this
0:33:38 > 0:33:40he phoned me to say,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43"Right, I've managed to get her back into the form that she was in."
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Katie's worries about school worsened
0:33:45 > 0:33:48after learning she was moving into a class
0:33:48 > 0:33:51with some of the children who were causing her problems.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53These people who have been bullying her at the school,
0:33:53 > 0:33:55has she had any contact via, you know...
0:33:55 > 0:33:58They text Eden all the time.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02Her pal Eden, she's been a really good friend with Katie.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04But these girls are so cruel.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08You know, they literally texted and said,
0:34:08 > 0:34:12"You can get back into the group if you dump Katie."
0:34:12 > 0:34:14So I would suggest probably...
0:34:14 > 0:34:18It's all right. I would suggest probably maybe speaking to Eden.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23My friends that I had didn't like her
0:34:23 > 0:34:25and didn't want her to hang around with us.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29I think they were just expecting me to kind of say,
0:34:29 > 0:34:31"Oh, sorry Katie, my friends don't like you, bye."
0:34:31 > 0:34:33But I didn't want to do that
0:34:33 > 0:34:35because we got on so well.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Being moved to the new class
0:34:38 > 0:34:40meant leaving behind her only close friend.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45I knew that she wasn't going to be in school that day.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47It was break, and I got a text,
0:34:47 > 0:34:50"I'm running away, possibly killing myself.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53"You're the best friend I've ever had, I love you."
0:34:53 > 0:34:55A lot of me was hoping
0:34:55 > 0:35:00that it was just a complete over-exaggeration, but
0:35:00 > 0:35:02there was another big part of me
0:35:02 > 0:35:04that knew that that just wasn't the case,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07that it was serious, and immediate panic set in.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11I did know for a fact that if she wasn't found,
0:35:11 > 0:35:13that anyone who was responsible,
0:35:13 > 0:35:15I'd refuse to speak to them again.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17That was kind of what I'd promised myself.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25It wasn't just that she was fed up with the way things were.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27She went to kill herself.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29It was that bad.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32And that...
0:35:35 > 0:35:37..that's a parent's worst nightmare.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04With a confirmed sighting from Katie's neighbour,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07the police's search focuses on the local woods
0:36:07 > 0:36:09and a nearby disused quarry.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Air support is vital.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30To cover an area like that on foot
0:36:30 > 0:36:32and to cover it thoroughly,
0:36:32 > 0:36:34you're talking days.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35We didn't have that option.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Any update re NPAS?
0:36:52 > 0:36:57Someone who may be in the public arena with a firearm
0:36:57 > 0:37:01is a greater and immediate risk to the wider public.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Unfortunately, with cuts,
0:37:03 > 0:37:07we now have to share the air support resource with other police forces.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10So there's only one or two helicopters
0:37:10 > 0:37:12in the north-east region.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15And sadly we're not first in the queue on this occasion.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23With air support unavailable,
0:37:23 > 0:37:26the whole area must be searched on foot.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Because the police are keen to get out as well,
0:37:28 > 0:37:30I want you in front, I don't want you behind.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Yeah, yeah, ready to go.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36A team of mountain rescue volunteers and their specialist search dog
0:37:36 > 0:37:38are called in to assist.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41We literally, we've just had confirmation the place last seen
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- is actually here.- Right.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44So she's gone down there.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47What I want you to do,
0:37:47 > 0:37:48down the track here,
0:37:48 > 0:37:51and Dave will take you down, then turn right here.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53There's the quarry here,
0:37:53 > 0:37:56which we've searched on a number of occasions for similar issues.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01- The further on that you get, the steeper it gets.- OK.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Their first task will be to head into the woods
0:38:03 > 0:38:05to see if they can pick up Katie's scent.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07As far as the dog's concerned,
0:38:07 > 0:38:10it's playing a big game of hide and seek.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Somebody's out there hiding, and it's the dog to find it.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Have you found anything on there to do with it?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29There's literally one document,
0:38:29 > 0:38:33- which looks like some kind of role play, almost like a script.- Mm-hm.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Back at her house,
0:38:35 > 0:38:38PC Matt Gunby is searching Katie's laptop for any clues
0:38:38 > 0:38:39as to her whereabouts.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43The reason why initially I started looking through the computer
0:38:43 > 0:38:46was in case she'd written anything else on there,
0:38:46 > 0:38:49if she had any kind of diary or anything like that.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52But there was nothing really that kind of gave the game away
0:38:52 > 0:38:54as to where she might have gone.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57She just seemed like a normal teenager.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01That's her when we were in Scotland.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- She was only...- Nine.- Nine.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Katie, Jackie and Lynsey moved down from Scotland
0:39:10 > 0:39:12for a fresh start four years ago,
0:39:12 > 0:39:15after Jackie and Katie's father got divorced.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18She's grown up a lot since then.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26LAUGHING
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Katie was always with me.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33From the moment Katie was born, Katie hardly ever left my side.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41She was a very bubbly, very happy child.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44She was very outgoing.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47She wanted to be friends with everybody,
0:39:47 > 0:39:48she wanted to sort the world.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55She got involved in all the school plays
0:39:55 > 0:39:56and she was singing,
0:39:56 > 0:39:58and I was just so proud of her.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Lynsey and myself were both like, you know, "Wow!"
0:40:06 > 0:40:08I always thought I was going to be
0:40:08 > 0:40:14one of those people who wasn't lucky enough to have kids at all.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17And it's been the best thing that's ever happened to us.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22I've seized a laptop which I've managed to access,
0:40:22 > 0:40:24and the password for that is Yoshi,
0:40:24 > 0:40:27just in case you need that for anything.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29There you go. Nice one, cheers.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34She's such a loving wee lassie.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37You know, even in the letter she wrote she says, you know,
0:40:37 > 0:40:42"You and ma maw, you cuddle close at night and know I'll be with you.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45"And know that I'm in..." What was it?
0:40:45 > 0:40:48"At night, when you look at the moon, I'll be there."
0:40:49 > 0:40:52That people can make somebody feel like that...
0:40:56 > 0:40:59DOG'S BELL JANGLES
0:41:00 > 0:41:02It started when she started secondary school.
0:41:03 > 0:41:08The people that she was hanging about with wanted to do that,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11"I'm not a kid any more, I want to be an adult."
0:41:11 > 0:41:12Katie being Katie went,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15"Well, I'm not ready for that yet. I don't want to grow up yet."
0:41:17 > 0:41:18In secondary school,
0:41:18 > 0:41:22a lot of people look down on you if you're different.
0:41:22 > 0:41:23Fake tan, draw their eyebrows on, like,
0:41:23 > 0:41:26have to look their idea of perfect.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29So, if you're not, you're not as good as everyone else.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36It made it worse because she obviously had, you know, two mums.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40And people just saw her as an easy target, and it was a case of,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43"Oh, my God, you know, not only are you Scottish but you're weird
0:41:43 > 0:41:45"and you're a weirdo with two mums."
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Down here, the big safety concern is that's the north-east mainline,
0:42:00 > 0:42:01and it's really busy.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04We don't like to get people or animals near
0:42:04 > 0:42:06the north-east mainline.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16And I guess sometimes bullies don't even realise
0:42:16 > 0:42:18that they're being bullies, you know.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19At school she was never,
0:42:19 > 0:42:23ever something that they'd really experienced too much.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28You can be surrounded by hundreds of people,
0:42:28 > 0:42:30but you can still feel really alone.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34It almost feels as if nobody cares.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39You feel like the worst parent ever.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42"I told you I would sort this, Katie.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45"I told you to trust me on this."
0:42:46 > 0:42:48And that feeling of failure,
0:42:48 > 0:42:51that she didn't trust us enough to do that.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55I failed, cos I didn't protect her.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08Police are seriously concerned for the welfare of a missing 13-year-old
0:43:08 > 0:43:09County Durham girl.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13Katie, from Ferryhill, was last seen by a neighbour early this morning.
0:43:15 > 0:43:173:15pm.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19With air support still unavailable,
0:43:19 > 0:43:23there are now 25 police officers combing an area seven-miles-square
0:43:23 > 0:43:25for any trace of Katie.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28- Any updates? - PHONE RINGS
0:44:30 > 0:44:32Nothing. No.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36No. None of us are all right.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41It's the waiting. And just knowing she's out there.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45She likes her food, I know, so she'll be hungry.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Especially since she only took a jar of pickles.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Is there one in the fridge or two?
0:44:50 > 0:44:51There was two, she's only took one.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53No she's not, that was me the other week there.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56So she hasn't took anything? She hasn't taken anything to eat.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58LYNSEY SIGHS DEEPLY
0:45:00 > 0:45:03If there's been a little bit of preparation behind it
0:45:03 > 0:45:06and they've taken food, water, or taken their mobile,
0:45:06 > 0:45:08that would be less of an issue.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13But if it looks as though they haven't prepared
0:45:13 > 0:45:15and they've just left everything and gone,
0:45:15 > 0:45:17that increases the risk, for me.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21They're not thinking about their own welfare,
0:45:21 > 0:45:24they're not thinking about survivability.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27Clearly they're not wanting to be out for long periods of time.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33The longer it goes on, I'm starting to fear the worst.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37Not that I want to think the worst's happened,
0:45:37 > 0:45:39but I'm starting in the back of my mind to think,
0:45:39 > 0:45:41"It's not looking good."
0:45:49 > 0:45:513:38pm.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54After nearly seven hours of searching without success,
0:45:54 > 0:45:57air support is finally on-hand to aid the units on the ground.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08Can you just give particular attention
0:46:08 > 0:46:10to the marshland and the open water
0:46:10 > 0:46:13that is labelled on the OS map as The Carrs?
0:46:38 > 0:46:40The boggy area that we can't get into
0:46:40 > 0:46:43will be where the infrared will be of most use, if he's using it.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46Cos the water in there will be relatively cool
0:46:46 > 0:46:51and anything that's alive in there will be relatively warm.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53So you'll get a big temperature difference,
0:46:53 > 0:46:56and hence a big difference in the amount of infrared radiation giving out,
0:46:56 > 0:46:58which will stand out a mile on his camera.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17NPAS 31.
0:47:17 > 0:47:18NPAS, go ahead.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21NPAS 31, has this female got a dog with her?
0:47:21 > 0:47:25I'm liaison at the minute for the missing person's family.
0:47:25 > 0:47:29The dogs are all accounted for, they're here in the address.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38The helicopter covers all the open ground,
0:47:38 > 0:47:40but can find no sign of Katie.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53Hiya. Did you by any chance see Katie leave the house this morning?
0:47:54 > 0:47:56No.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00- That's what all this is... - Oh, God.- Is she missing?
0:48:00 > 0:48:02What, did she not go to school?
0:48:02 > 0:48:03No.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09JACKIE SOBS
0:48:19 > 0:48:22JACKIE EXHALES DEEPLY
0:48:22 > 0:48:23Hey.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28Come here.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32- Come here. - JACKIE SNIFFS AND EXHALES
0:48:32 > 0:48:33Come here.
0:48:36 > 0:48:37Come here.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50They'll find her.
0:48:50 > 0:48:51She's coming home.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55She's coming home.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59'How on earth do I try and make her feel better about what's going on?
0:48:59 > 0:49:01'How do I give her some reassurance
0:49:01 > 0:49:04'that everything's going to be all right?
0:49:04 > 0:49:07'Because I don't know if it's going to be.'
0:49:07 > 0:49:10- They will find her. - JACKIE EXHALES DEEPLY
0:49:10 > 0:49:12It'll be all right.
0:49:14 > 0:49:20Everything that is going on through that earpiece in that radio
0:49:20 > 0:49:21you have to listen to,
0:49:21 > 0:49:24you have to know what's going on outside that house.
0:49:24 > 0:49:28And it's up to you to decide what you tell the family
0:49:28 > 0:49:29and what you don't.
0:49:29 > 0:49:32We're going to do the entire estate, all right,
0:49:32 > 0:49:34not just the route where she's been seen.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37The helicopter, as you've heard,
0:49:37 > 0:49:39is in the air now.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45'I can't promise people that things are going to be all right.'
0:49:45 > 0:49:49So...how do you fill the silence?
0:49:56 > 0:49:58CLOCK TICKS
0:49:59 > 0:50:03- Come on then, come on then. - DOG'S BELL JANGLES
0:50:03 > 0:50:06I've done up to that first basin, just in there.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09I've done that. Crossed the footpath, up to the top,
0:50:09 > 0:50:12and then back to the top end of the wood.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14'I believe I've located the cave.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16'I've had a good hunt round and I can't see anything obvious.'
0:50:16 > 0:50:18'Yeah, I've checked the farm track at the back,
0:50:18 > 0:50:21'I've checked the footbridge that goes through the railway line,
0:50:21 > 0:50:23'and it's a negative.'
0:50:23 > 0:50:24'Big hollow wooded area,
0:50:24 > 0:50:28'I've managed to get out the other end, I'm fairly happy that's clear.'
0:51:00 > 0:51:03'Is there any reason why she would go to Trimdon?'
0:51:03 > 0:51:04No.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08The only time we go to Trimdon is we go for a takeaway and that,
0:51:08 > 0:51:10- but we basically come straight back.- Yeah.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Trimdon is not a place that I would say.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16I just, I can't see her being able to get to Trimdon.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36'I'm just waiting for the sergeant to contact me,'
0:51:36 > 0:51:38he said he's got...
0:51:38 > 0:51:39they've got her. She's all right.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42JACKIE GASPS
0:51:43 > 0:51:47SHE CRIES
0:51:51 > 0:51:53I told you, I told you.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Oh...
0:51:55 > 0:51:57Thank you.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59- Is she OK?- She's all right.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01- She's all right.- Where is she?
0:52:01 > 0:52:03That was her on the road to Trimdon.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06- It WAS her?- Oh, God! - It was her, yeah.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10Confirming she is fit and well.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Oh, Good. Good.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29- Here she is. - Jackie, she's here, baby!
0:52:36 > 0:52:38Oh, baby, come here!
0:52:40 > 0:52:41Come here.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44- KATIE CRIES - Oh, darling. You should have talked to us.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47I didn't want yous to be angry when yous came home.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50Oh, darling. We would never have been angry.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52Oh, darling.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54You can always talk to us, you know that.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56We love you so much.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59- KATIE SOBS - Oh, baby.
0:53:02 > 0:53:03Come on.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Come on.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09We love you so much.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11Please don't ever forget that.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14- Oh, baby.- Are you tired, kid?- Mm.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16Katie, these bullies,
0:53:16 > 0:53:19it's not worth it, don't let them ruin your life.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21It's just not worth it.
0:53:21 > 0:53:22You've got a loving family here,
0:53:22 > 0:53:25they've been so worried about you.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27It's not worth it at all, kiddo.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29- Yeah?- And do you know something,
0:53:29 > 0:53:32they haven't got half of what you've got.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34And that is...
0:53:34 > 0:53:36Grounded till you're 30!
0:53:36 > 0:53:40No, a pure heart and a loving heart.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45All right, take care now.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47Thank you so much.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50- Why Trimdon?- I don't know, I just followed the road.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53- You just kept walking. - Just kept walking.
0:53:54 > 0:54:00I can relate to Katie's case, quite a lot.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02There were times where I did get bullied.
0:54:02 > 0:54:06You feel worthless. You feel pathetic.
0:54:06 > 0:54:11You feel like you can't talk to anyone about it.
0:54:13 > 0:54:18It's not weird, it's not wrong to have those thoughts.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21We're all human, we all suffer
0:54:21 > 0:54:22at one time or another.
0:54:24 > 0:54:29But what is important is that if you find yourself having those thoughts,
0:54:29 > 0:54:33that you discuss it with people.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36Hello, sweetheart.
0:54:36 > 0:54:40- Hello, you. You all right? - Aye, just about...
0:54:40 > 0:54:44You see how many people love you and how many people have been worried,
0:54:44 > 0:54:46because we love you.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49And you need to always remember that.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52Kids don't just need to talk to you, you need to talk to your kids.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54You need to be aware of what's going on.
0:54:54 > 0:54:59You need to, you know, pay attention to not only the big stuff,
0:54:59 > 0:55:01but it's the little stuff that people miss on a daily basis.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04Cos it makes all the difference.
0:55:21 > 0:55:22Are you going to do your job, son?
0:55:22 > 0:55:24Yeah.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26Are you going to help put the washing out?
0:55:26 > 0:55:31Yeah. I'll sort my magazines into the ones that I want and don't want.
0:55:31 > 0:55:32Exactly.
0:55:32 > 0:55:33Over in Darlington,
0:55:33 > 0:55:37Joshua is trying to put his difficulties at school behind him,
0:55:37 > 0:55:40and is working hard to make amends for running away.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46- INTERVIEWER:- Do you think you'll be OK in the future?
0:55:46 > 0:55:48Yeah, I will be, I'll be fine.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53I can manage. Even though it can be hard to do.
0:55:56 > 0:56:03But you can always look up to the universe...
0:56:03 > 0:56:07..and the birds and the stars, if you're looking out at night.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13It's actually quite magical and powerful.
0:56:13 > 0:56:17And I'm not afraid to tell the whole world about this,
0:56:17 > 0:56:20because I did go through this,
0:56:20 > 0:56:22and this is my life story.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26And that's me.
0:56:36 > 0:56:37Ducks!
0:56:37 > 0:56:39SHE LAUGHS
0:56:39 > 0:56:40I've worried you this time!
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Yeah, but I beat you last time.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45Five months on, Katie is back in her old class with Eden,
0:56:45 > 0:56:47and studying hard for her exams.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49- INTERVIEWER:- What do you want to do?
0:56:49 > 0:56:51I want to be a zoologist.
0:56:51 > 0:56:55- Why?- Cos I like animals more than I like people!
0:56:59 > 0:57:02After the whole events, I had a counsellor.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04Sharing it made me feel a lot better about it,
0:57:04 > 0:57:08coos I was able to just get it out of my system and talk about it.
0:57:08 > 0:57:11So I didn't feel as though it was all bubbled up inside.
0:57:11 > 0:57:12There's still ups and downs,
0:57:12 > 0:57:15but things are definitely going in the right direction now.
0:57:16 > 0:57:20We're not the most popular, not the most cool, but, you know,
0:57:20 > 0:57:23we've got a good group of people who will always have my back,
0:57:23 > 0:57:24I'll always have theirs.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27And I think it's important that Katie now knows
0:57:27 > 0:57:28that she does as well.
0:57:30 > 0:57:31I know it sometimes seems like
0:57:31 > 0:57:33there'll never be a light at the end of the tunnel,
0:57:33 > 0:57:36but you're not alone, there's other people
0:57:36 > 0:57:38who are in that tunnel as well.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41You can walk together and find your way out.
0:57:46 > 0:57:48Next time...
0:57:48 > 0:57:50A call came in from the wife.
0:57:50 > 0:57:54She hadn't seen her husband since Saturday.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56Four days after, I would expect a sighting,
0:57:56 > 0:57:58like a proof of life.
0:57:58 > 0:58:00But it's almost like he'd just
0:58:00 > 0:58:03disappeared off the face of the Earth.