0:00:06 > 0:00:09- PHONE RINGS - Police emergency.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18Every two minutes, someone in Britain is reported missing.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23You feel total panic.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Was there anything in the address
0:00:25 > 0:00:28that shows any sort of planned absences, any note?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30There are hundreds of different reasons
0:00:30 > 0:00:33as to why people might be missing from home.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- THUNDERCLAP - Concerns are growing for the welfare
0:00:35 > 0:00:38of a missing Darlington pensioner.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41- Archie! - Losing time can be catastrophic.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44A key for each investigation
0:00:44 > 0:00:48is to piece together the missing person's last known movements.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Some crumb, a sighting. That's what we're after - proof of life.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56What is going on in your head? Where are you going?
0:00:56 > 0:00:58What are you going to go and do next?
0:00:59 > 0:01:04Following Durham Police, cameras capture everyone's perspective,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06minute by minute, as the cases unfold.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08She saw the male at the cemetery.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11He was seen 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 > 0:01:24until it actually happens to somebody who's close.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25It's the worst feeling in the world.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30It doesn't matter how close you are to somebody, everybody has secrets.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35I've found it. I've found him! I've just found him now!
0:01:35 > 0:01:40I want to know where my son is. I need to be with him.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59- RADIO:- 'BBC Tees.'
0:01:59 > 0:02:02'Raining heavy overnight right across our region, it was.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04'Lots of puddles on my way in,
0:02:04 > 0:02:06'but it seems to be bright blue skies at the minute.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07'Is it going to last?'
0:02:09 > 0:02:12# Hey, hey, hey, hey
0:02:13 > 0:02:16# Oo-ooh
0:02:16 > 0:02:19# Whoa... #
0:02:25 > 0:02:28..who can assist us with a search for a missing elderly person?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35He's in his 80s.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41..and he walks with a stick.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58No, I'm at home now, at Dad's home,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02with the police now, speaking to them, making enquiries.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05No, they haven't found him yet, no.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09The police are doing everything possible, believe me, they are.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12When Archie's son, Peter, went to check
0:03:12 > 0:03:14on his 82-year-old father as usual...
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Well, he's never done anything like that before.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18..he found the house empty.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I know you reported your dad missing
0:03:21 > 0:03:24and my colleague has given us a picture, which we've got there.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27- Is that the most recent picture of your dad?- That I know of.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Who are the other two people, do you know?- Sister...- Yeah.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37- ..and my mum. My mum's just died recently of Alzheimer's.- Right.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40- And my dad also has Alzheimer's. - Right, OK.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43And who are the other family members?
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- I have three other brothers. I'm the oldest of four.- Right, OK.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- Are they aware of any contact from your dad at all?- No.- OK, then.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00Peter was the last person to see Archie over 30 hours ago,
0:04:00 > 0:04:04but no-one knows precisely when he went missing.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09The family are hurting and you've got to be mindful of emotions
0:04:09 > 0:04:10that you're dealing with.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12But at the same time,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16I have got a short space of time to gather as much information as I can.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25The Yellow Pages are open here at a certain page.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- There's nothing that sticks out? - No.- Right.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- You haven't seen anything untoward? - No, no.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37He's on medication now and social services come Monday to Friday,
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- so I see he gets medication Saturdays and Sundays.- Mm-hmm.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- Where did your dad leave his medication then?- I'll show you.
0:04:50 > 0:04:57- The date is Monday.- Mm-hmm. So, he's last taken these on Tuesday.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02- Tuesday.- Right. How was he eating then? Was he eating well?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Well...that's why I came this morning
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- to see what he needs shopping. - Right.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25At Darlington police station,
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Inspector Peter Hoole takes charge of the investigation.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33PCSO Angus from 1383.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37A case like this one, we're looking at the vulnerability,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40his age, the time that he's already been missing.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Everything about it says this is high risk and it's high risk now.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50We left the hospital about five minutes ago. It was a negative.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53The East End Club's also been checked on Neasham Road,
0:05:53 > 0:05:54and negative.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Yeah, negative in Sainsbury's. Over.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- That nursing home his wife was in? - It's a negative.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06With no sign of Archie anywhere in the local area,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Sergeant Barry Evans calls a briefing.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Right, as you're already aware,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18our missing from home is Archibald Campbell, 82 years of age.
0:06:18 > 0:06:24The last confirmed sighting was 11am yesterday morning by his son.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Major concerns around the dementia that he suffers.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Diagnosed one year one year ago and takes donepezil.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Medication hasn't been taken this morning.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35That's still standing so, without it,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39it actually exaggerates the effect of his dementia, unfortunately.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41He lost his partner only two months ago,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44which has, obviously, really had a significant effect.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46I want you to do a round of house to house with the neighbours,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48try and gain any information we can
0:06:48 > 0:06:51as regards has he got any previous places of interest,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53beauty spots that him and wife, when she was alive,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56used to attend, anything that's significant.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Right, just keep us informed. We'll leave it at that for now.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07You're trying to work why has he gone missing.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Is it a physicality thing -
0:07:08 > 0:07:10he's slipped, he's fallen, he's hurt himself -
0:07:10 > 0:07:13and we need to find him because he needs our assistance medically?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Is it a case of he's taken a walk that's too far?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Is he bewildered and doesn't know what to do?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Or, alternatively, possibly, somebody's taken advantage
0:07:24 > 0:07:27of his vulnerabilities because he's not quite aware of what's going on.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Darlington is a close-knit community
0:07:35 > 0:07:39and having lived on the same street for over 50 years,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Archie is well-known to all his neighbours.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Mr Campbell, Archie Campbell, has gone missing.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50He's been missing a couple of days now.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52We are quite concerned about him.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Well, his wife died just a couple of months ago.- Right.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- When did you last see him? - Two days ago.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- Where was it? Just in the street? - Yeah, walking past here.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- How did he seem?- I noticed a change in him over the...
0:08:05 > 0:08:08That's since his wife's passed away, is it?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- He used to walk very sprightly, you know.- Right.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- He's slowing down a bit. - Slowing down and he's got a stick.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- He walks with a stick? - Not all the time.- Right.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21So, he has it with him, doesn't always use it. Right.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30'I've never wanted to see Archie as much. Is he OK?
0:08:30 > 0:08:34'Are we going to find him? Are we going to find him alive?'
0:08:34 > 0:08:37You see people missing all the time, but you don't actually feel it
0:08:37 > 0:08:40until it actually happens to somebody who's close.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44It's the worst feeling in the world. It's awful.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50He loved painting.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53He had his back room in his house upstairs as his painting room
0:08:53 > 0:08:56and every time you visit, he'd take you up to show you his paintings.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02He was very chatty.
0:09:04 > 0:09:10If you'd see him, he'd say, "Now, Caz, you're looking well," you know.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13And even if you didn't look well, he'd say you looked well, you know.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17And he'd always say, "You don't look your age."
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I remember my mum saying when he was a young man,
0:09:21 > 0:09:25she said he was proper good-looking, everyone wanted to go out with him.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29And he ended up marrying Pat.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Right, the other thing I was going to ask,
0:09:33 > 0:09:37how was your dad in himself over the past week or two?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40You've got to understand that my mum died just a few months ago.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- Yeah, I understand that, yeah. - Since then...
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- The first few weeks, my dad was confused, upset...- Mm-hmm.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- ..because of obvious things and his Alzheimer's.- Yeah.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54And he's calmed down. He realises what's happened, where at first,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56he didn't quite realise what was going on.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Archie's wife, Pat, passed away just a few months ago...
0:10:06 > 0:10:08..not long after their 60th wedding anniversary.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Ay, he missed her, without a doubt.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18That's all he cared for was my mum.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Is your mum buried in Darlington? - She is.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- Which cemetery is she buried in? - Carmel Road.- Carmel Road.- Yeah.
0:10:27 > 0:10:33- Right, and is your mum's ashes there or is the actual...?- Ashes.- Ashes.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- But is there, like, a grave plot?- No.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- RADIO BEEPS - Two secs. Sorry, Peter.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Geoff Moore.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Geoff, are you free to speak or are you still with the son?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Yeah, just for your information,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Peter's mentioned about his mum's passing.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Her ashes are at Carmel Road cemetery.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- There's no particular plot.- Yeah, that's brilliant, Geoff, thank you.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- Are you free to speak? - Yeah, go on.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Yeah, Carmel Road. It's a big cemetery.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15..a memory from a previous time, and that's what he locks onto.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- Any idea where the plot is or not? - No, her ashes were scattered, mate.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23There wasn't a plot so, unfortunately, it's huge.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Going there now before it gets too dark.- Cheers, mate.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38With daylight fading fast and no other leads to go on,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41the cemetery is now the last realistic chance
0:11:41 > 0:11:44of finding Archie before nightfall.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58'It can be one of the most pressured parts of the job,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00'a high-risk missing case.'
0:12:00 > 0:12:04You know every action you're taking and every lead you're following
0:12:04 > 0:12:05could result in life or death.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07You could find that person or be too late.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Archie idolised Pat.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18They never really talked about each other,
0:12:18 > 0:12:20but you could tell how close they were
0:12:20 > 0:12:22cos they did everything together.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Everywhere Pat was, Archie was.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30I don't think he ever really got to grips
0:12:30 > 0:12:31with her having to go into a home.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Archie blamed Peter...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44..for his mum going in the home.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48But it wasn't Peter's fault, you know. She HAD to go in.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51He used to just say,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54"Pat shouldn't be in there, Pat should be at home with me."
0:12:55 > 0:12:57He went to that home three times a day
0:12:57 > 0:13:02to be with her - breakfast, dinner and tea, every day.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08He went right up until Pat passed away.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15He was heartbroken.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18It absolutely devastated him.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20I remember going to visit him and he was saying
0:13:20 > 0:13:24how he doesn't like the loneliness and the quietness in his house.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27He's lost his soulmate.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Yeah, that's all received.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Hello, sir. We're looking for a guy from Darlington.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52His wife's ashes were scattered here about three months ago
0:13:52 > 0:13:55in the memorial garden. An 82-year-old male has gone missing.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58I didn't get a full sort of look at his face.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- It was, like, to the side, really.- Yeah.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05But whoever it was had whitish hair and that sort of clothing.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09About half three today and he was walking sort of out the gates.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- What, he walked out the cemetery? - Yeah.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Which way was he walking? - To the right.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16I mean, it could have been anybody,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19but it certainly looked like a gentleman that walked past.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Barry, it's Lee. An update from the cemetery.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26At half past three today, he's seen a gentleman leave the cemetery.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29He's quite sure it could possibly be our misper.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33He can't confirm it for certain but it looked very much like him.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36He's left the cemetery grounds, turning right.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43So, that would take him down to the bridge area.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Right.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Whenever the bridge is mentioned in a missing from home inquiry,
0:14:51 > 0:14:56I, because of historic involvement with it,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I always think worst-case scenario.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Can we confirm, is there anything in the address
0:15:00 > 0:15:03that shows any sort of planned absences,
0:15:03 > 0:15:05any notes, anything like that?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09When somebody is at the latter stages of their life,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12and they lose a lot of things all at once,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14such as loved ones, independence,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17these can all have an effect on somebody,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20to the point where they feel suicide is an option for them.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26If you turn right, there's a bridge just there.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42I know I've gone through an awful lot of stuff, Pete,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and I appreciate your time. I know it's a difficult time for you.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Are you aware of any notes that's been left?
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- There's nothing that sticks out? - No.- Right.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57And would your dad talk to you if there was any other issues?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Yeah, if there was something to be said, he would tell me.- Right.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10There's no sign of Archie at the bridge.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- Yeah, negative. Over. - Received, thanks.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29The only other thing was the loft hatch there.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32How do you get access to that? Is there a ladder downstairs?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Cos that's one of the things I'll be asked to check.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- I know it sounds a bit strange, but...- The likelihood of him...
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- Uh-huh.- ..going downstairs, getting something up here to get up there,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46for what reason, is nil.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48I fully understand that. It's just one of the things...
0:16:48 > 0:16:50There's nothing up there
0:16:50 > 0:16:52because they put double rows of insulation up there.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- Right.- Why on earth would he want to go there?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I've just been asked by my supervisor
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- if I've checked the whole house. - Yeah.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Is there anything you want to ask me at all, Peter?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08I think we've just about covered everything, do you?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I'm doing my best I can.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I know it may seem silly questions but, again, like I say,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16I'm just trying to find out as much information as I can.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24With the trail gone cold, at Darlington police station...
0:17:24 > 0:17:26So, house search.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30..Inspector Peter Hoole is reviewing progress on the case.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- So, he's a bit of a loner.- Mm-hmm. - Doesn't particularly go anywhere.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38There's nothing else to suggest any area
0:17:38 > 0:17:40where he's actually going to be.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43No, we don't have a direction at all.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45We can't narrow it down and, to be fair,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Geoff has been talking quite in detail with the son.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51- Right, we're not getting a lot of information from the house.- No.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53HE SIGHS
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Hmm.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Right, will you do us a favour?
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- Will you go to the address and speak to the son yourself?- Yeah.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07And satisfy yourself that we've got
0:18:07 > 0:18:10everything that we possibly can from there,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13cos it's...it's a little bit disjointed,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- what's coming from there. Yeah? - Yeah.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59I know my colleague's been asking you quite a few questions already.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05OK.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Is it possible that he got up early this morning,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11put the house in order and left?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Right, OK.
0:19:16 > 0:19:1830-93-70-62.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- Go ahead.- Yeah, some information from the address.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26The curtains were not drawn.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31The house was left as it would have been left from the Tuesday morning.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35- Roger.- Are we all right to pop back in the address, please?- Sure.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37- Do you want to come in with us as well?- Yeah.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Police are keen to know how the curtains were left
0:19:41 > 0:19:45to try and work out whether Archie left his house today or yesterday.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49If it was yesterday,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52this will be his second night out, exposed to the elements.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I'm going to quickly nip next door before it gets too late
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- and speak to the neighbours. - You already have.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I know, but I'll just go and ask them again,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03just in case there's something we might have missed, OK.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05One of the things we want to cover with the neighbours is, obviously,
0:20:05 > 0:20:09because we found the curtains open this morning, did they notice...?
0:20:16 > 0:20:18So, when I said earlier on,
0:20:18 > 0:20:21"Was the house left as it would be on a morning?",
0:20:21 > 0:20:24you said to me that the curtains were open, like he could have gone
0:20:24 > 0:20:26on the Tuesday, but the curtains were closed?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Right, OK.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33No problem, Peter. Thank you.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36Speak to the neighbours and find out
0:20:36 > 0:20:38if they noticed whether the curtains were closed
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- and which nights they've noticed them closed.- Yeah.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Barry?- Peter's account of how he found the house has changed.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50When I got here, he was telling me that the house was in order,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53that the curtains were open, and the like,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56then, when he's heard me task Geoff go and do house to house
0:20:56 > 0:20:58in relation to the state of the house overnight,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01he's now saying that the curtains were closed again.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Roger. Um, I'm sure you know what I'm thinking about,
0:21:06 > 0:21:07as regards to this one.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Is there anything at all that would suggest
0:21:10 > 0:21:14this is anything other than a missing from home?
0:21:15 > 0:21:19I'm starting to get a bit of a concern with this guy.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21He doesn't want to be asked too many questions
0:21:21 > 0:21:23and he's uncomfortable with our presence.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27I don't where this is going... but there's something amiss.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34When things don't add up, so you have one piece of information
0:21:34 > 0:21:36that's conflicting with another,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39then you start a reasonable, "Why? Why is there that conflict?"
0:21:41 > 0:21:43You can't ignore it.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Most murder cases start off as a missing from home.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51Um, we're going to have to go worst-case scenario.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Obviously, we've got to cover all eventualities.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00I want his car searching and a search of his house.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Yeah, no problem.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- Um, Peter's asking about going home. It's getting late.- Mm-hmm.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Um, we're going to facilitate that but, before we do,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13we're going to search the house again.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15We're just going to look for anything that stands out.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16No problem at all.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27'All of a sudden, now you're starting to think of the possibility
0:22:27 > 0:22:30'that the person you're relying upon for a lot of information
0:22:30 > 0:22:32'may be steering you off the truth'
0:22:32 > 0:22:34or may have something to hide.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- Got a torch?- There's my torch which is attached to a lanyard.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Happy there's no boards in the insulation?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Hang on, there's another bit of an apex here. Two secs.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11All right.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13PHONE RINGS
0:23:13 > 0:23:15What's that ringing? Is it the house phone?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20- Are you clear?- Clear.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26PHONE CONTINUES RINGING
0:23:30 > 0:23:33PHONE CONTINUES RINGING
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Hello? Hello?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41PHONE GOES DEAD
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Hello?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02As word of Archie's disappearance spreads,
0:24:02 > 0:24:07one of his neighbours, whose property is covered by home CCTV,
0:24:07 > 0:24:11has come forward with potential new evidence.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Yeah.- There's a couple of things you've noticed.- Yeah.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18There was an elderly woman we saw show up and she came from...
0:24:20 > 0:24:22She parked over here.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Is it anybody you recognise? Have you seen her before?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26No, and I've seen that elderly gentleman all the time.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28He's a bit of a wanderer.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31He just does his own little circle around the neighbourhood.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- There she is right there. - Is that her there?- Yeah, yeah.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- That's 9.28.- 9.28.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40It doesn't make any sense. You see her walking down the street
0:24:40 > 0:24:43and she's walking and she walks past his house and then she stops
0:24:43 > 0:24:46and turns her head and she looks as if something had stopped her
0:24:46 > 0:24:48and got her attention. Do you see? She stops.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- She walks past, pauses, then goes in the drive, doesn't she?- Yeah.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- Been there quite a while, hasn't she?- Yeah, she stays around.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57She hangs round the house for a bit.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59But she was also looking around the bends as well.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01It's like, "Yeah, she's looking for something."
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- There she goes.- There we go.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07You see her and she's running, which I thought was very strange.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- There's the blue car. - OK, pause it there.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Is this someone who you think, "Whose son is this?"
0:25:15 > 0:25:20- That's now stopping outside the address. Do you know his son?- Mm.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- He doesn't appear to go to the address, does he?- No, he doesn't.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26That's why I said, "If he's the son, shouldn't he have the key
0:25:26 > 0:25:28"or access, especially if his father has dementia and stuff?"
0:25:28 > 0:25:30He's not alone in the vehicle.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- I believe there's someone else there.- Right.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37He's just walked out the car and he's now stood in the door.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38It's quite hard to see, but...
0:25:41 > 0:25:44You can still see some movement round the doorway.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45He's still outside at the house.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Moping around in front of the house, going through the bins and stuff?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54He's leaving the house now.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00You see where he's getting into the car - the passenger side.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Could be talking to somebody in the car.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04If you're OK, on a disc for me, if you will,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07yesterday's and today's on a disc.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Peter, I'm not trying to be difficult.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19My sergeant said, "Secure the property and seize the keys."
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Is that the only key for the back door,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- the one that's on the string? - As far as I know.- Right, OK, fine.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25What's the latest there?
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Paul and Mike are going to take him to his home address.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31They'll be searching his home address
0:26:31 > 0:26:33and his vehicle at that address
0:26:33 > 0:26:36and they're being made aware of the additional sort of concerns.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- Straight down?- Straight down, yeah.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51I'll let you know before we get there.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Straight down to the junction at the end and turn right.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Left here, please.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- Does your dad ever come and stay with you?- No, he didn't, no.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08- My dad's very, very independent. - Right.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Right, this next block of houses on your left is where I live,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16so you can park anywhere on your left here. This'll do.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29It's just inquiries, to be fair.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33It's they way that we do for everyone. A different set of eyes
0:27:33 > 0:27:35and we'll just look for clues and bits and bobs.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I've probably been a police officer for too long.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54I'm desensitised to a lot of it.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02'I think I'm like most cops of a certain age. I'm very cynical.'
0:28:02 > 0:28:05I don't trust anybody, apart from my family...
0:28:06 > 0:28:08..and colleagues.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13I wouldn't suggest going up there. You can if you wish.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28If you're the sole carer for a less abled person...
0:28:32 > 0:28:33..a person with dementia,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37you see the person that you loved more than anything else in the world
0:28:37 > 0:28:40slowly declining and declining, getting worse and worse,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42has the person ended their life?
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Have they done it out of mercy?
0:28:44 > 0:28:48The police are now in MY home, searching MY home.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51They said it's procedure, it's what they need to do.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56So, that's the state of affairs then, isn't it?
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Where my dad is I do not know.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11We're done with the house search, searched the house and the vehicle
0:29:11 > 0:29:14and nothing obvious, nothing untoward.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19I'm happy to leave the address.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- Like I say, it might seem a bit intrusive.- Yeah.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26I understand you have jobs to do.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28- It's just to satisfy everything, you know.- Yeah.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- Make sure that we've done the job right.- Yeah.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Don't take it personally, don't take it the wrong way.
0:29:33 > 0:29:34- I'm not at all.- OK.- OK.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39- I honestly believe he's gone for a walk and he's fallen.- Right.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- Is he quite unsteady on his feet? - Yeah, very unsteady.- OK.
0:29:43 > 0:29:44He's had numerous falls.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Hello, sir, it's Peter Hoole. How are you doing?
0:29:52 > 0:29:55It's 11 o'clock and I'm going to give you a quick update
0:29:55 > 0:29:57on what we've found out so far.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00That update is not a whole hell of a lot.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Um, the big thing is that there are some discrepancies
0:30:05 > 0:30:10in what we've been told by the family member on scene
0:30:10 > 0:30:13and what the neighbours are telling us,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16regarding activity at the house.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Now, we're not jumping the gun
0:30:19 > 0:30:24or sort of trying to paint a picture that doesn't need painting,
0:30:24 > 0:30:29but we're sort of, like, widening our thought process at the minute
0:30:29 > 0:30:32to make sure that we're not going to miss anything
0:30:32 > 0:30:35that's staring us in the face.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39With no hard evidence of Archie's whereabouts,
0:30:39 > 0:30:43it's still possible that he's just lost or injured somewhere,
0:30:43 > 0:30:47but it's now been 36 hours since he was last seen
0:30:47 > 0:30:51and in that time, the distance he could have travelled is vast.
0:30:52 > 0:30:59Can you let Tango 1 know, regarding our high-risk missing from home,
0:30:59 > 0:31:01we'd like air support.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08They will be dispatching an aircraft shortly.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54NPAS from 2149.
0:31:57 > 0:31:58Go ahead, 2149.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Yeah, I'm on the ground at the minute.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04With the helicopter overhead,
0:32:04 > 0:32:08specialist police search adviser Andy Reeves takes charge
0:32:08 > 0:32:09of coordinating the search.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15I've asked the helicopter to do this area here.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Can you just confirm you've checked the river?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28'If you're looking at the case where dementia's involved,
0:33:28 > 0:33:31'your search parameters can be quite wide.'
0:33:31 > 0:33:34They can go to quite long distances
0:33:34 > 0:33:36from their home address.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41A recent case I dealt with, that person was found 13 miles away.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43I was just wondering if it's worth us
0:33:43 > 0:33:45going in on foot, just to clarify...
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- I would think that's one of the things to do.- Yeah.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51The helicopter cameras, they have the infrared cameras,
0:33:51 > 0:33:53so they're looking for heat sources.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58A human would stand out in a cold field.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02The difficulty you've got is, with their cameras,
0:34:02 > 0:34:07you can't see through any heavy forest or wooded type areas.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Because of the ruralness of our county,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12there is a lot of areas they cannot cover.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18HELICOPTER WHIRRS
0:34:20 > 0:34:22WHISTLE
0:34:22 > 0:34:25With fears for Archie growing by the minute,
0:34:25 > 0:34:28a group of volunteers from the local mountain rescue team
0:34:28 > 0:34:31have been called in to join the search.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36The information is that, in his younger days, he was a para,
0:34:36 > 0:34:40so if he's suffering from a dementia that was showing, shall we say,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43and he's reverted back to his days of thinking he's a para,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46it isn't unusual for him to walk 20 miles.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50We had a water release from the reservoir upstream on the Tees today
0:34:50 > 0:34:52so, obviously, if he's gone waterborne,
0:34:52 > 0:34:54that's going to cause us major problems.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58What's the Skerne like as a river? Is it a little brook or is it a...?
0:34:58 > 0:34:59It's quite fast-flowing in places.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01What height would it be at the moment?
0:35:01 > 0:35:04I imagine it will be quite high cos of all the rain we had yesterday.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07I don't want anybody entering the water when it's dark.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Stay out the water, just do the banks. Stick to the path.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13- No water, all right?- Yeah.- Right.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25'It's awful. You never think that someone close would disappear.'
0:35:28 > 0:35:30He was a good friend. He saw me through some bad times.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32You don't forget them things, do you?
0:35:34 > 0:35:37He used to come down here a lot, heck of a lot.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40He liked all the old films from the '30, '40s, '50s and '60s.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45He did, I think, about 30 odd or more years in the army,
0:35:45 > 0:35:49so he was a hard man, no doubt about that.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Archie!
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Archie, it's Mountain Rescue.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02He used to go out walking every Sunday.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Archie was ridiculous, 20 miles every Sunday,
0:36:05 > 0:36:07things like that, you know.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Archie!
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Until he became a little ill,
0:36:14 > 0:36:18and then he couldn't get around much, really.
0:36:21 > 0:36:22Yeah.
0:36:39 > 0:36:45I just remember seeing him looking frail, looking old, looking weak...
0:36:48 > 0:36:49..struggling to walk.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Archie!
0:36:52 > 0:36:54Argh!
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Archie!
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Maybe he was a bit too frail to be out walking on his own, maybe.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11To take his walks away from him
0:37:11 > 0:37:13would have been like just the end of it for him.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15They've already took Pat away and if they told him
0:37:15 > 0:37:19he couldn't go out for his walks would have been too sad for him.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25HELICOPTER WHIRRS
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Just to let you know what we've done.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38The open areas look fairly clear and there's a lot of trees.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Just want you to know we have coast clear
0:37:40 > 0:37:43and it's a big area but we've done the best we can,
0:37:43 > 0:37:47but I can't guarantee that it's all been covered.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52Yeah, that's all received, NPAS. Thank you for your help.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Appreciate the circumstances we've got at present.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57We'll contact you in the morning, should we need you.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02Yeah, good luck. I hope you find him.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11It's now the early hours of the morning
0:38:11 > 0:38:14and as the helicopter heads back to base,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16police search adviser Andy Reeves
0:38:16 > 0:38:19orders one final attempt to find Archie.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Inspector Reeves has stated
0:38:21 > 0:38:25that we are going to try and work through the cemetery as best we can.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28I appreciate it's not the easiest of tasks
0:38:28 > 0:38:30and there is such a large area to cover.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Has it not been searched already by PCSOs?
0:38:32 > 0:38:34It has. He wants it doing again.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36To be honest, even if we go through again tonight,
0:38:36 > 0:38:39I don't necessarily think we can guarantee it's been cleared
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- but that's what he's asking us to do.- OK.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49HE SIGHS
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Bloody hell! I don't want to shit myself here!
0:39:13 > 0:39:17The chances of a person, male or female, elderly,
0:39:17 > 0:39:22surviving overnight in cold conditions...it is very slim.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Yeah, I think it's so difficult cos it's dark.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30I have lost my bearings as to exactly where I am.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32I can see a couple of flashes of torches,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35but there's no way this is going to be a thorough search.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- It's just too dark. - Yeah, understood.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Um, what level of surety can you give us?
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- I appreciate you're not going to give us 100.- No.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50No, I fully expect that. Just give us an idea roughly where we are.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55We haven't been able to do it as per the guidance of two meters apart,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58simply by the sheer size of it and the numbers we're restricted to.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02Right, OK. Um, I'm going to stand you down.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12It's quite a...difficult decision to make.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16You understand the reasons and the whys, but it's very difficult.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20You kind of always think, "What if we just look just over there?
0:40:20 > 0:40:21"He might be there."
0:40:21 > 0:40:24There's always a sort of "what if" scenario
0:40:24 > 0:40:26and you kind of feel that you're giving up.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30But you can't keep looking forever.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35I want to just thank every one of you for stopping on,
0:40:35 > 0:40:38helping out, and I know that we all do it when we need to, OK.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Thank you very much for your efforts this evening.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- RADIO:- 'We are 11 minutes away from 7 now.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00'Let's get the latest weather update.'
0:41:00 > 0:41:03'A dry start, but rain spreading and becoming heavy at times,
0:41:03 > 0:41:06'with highs today of 17 Celsius, 63 Fahrenheit.'
0:41:12 > 0:41:14What I want to talk about is a high-risk missing from home
0:41:14 > 0:41:18that was reported to ourselves around lunchtime yesterday.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Next morning, Superintendent Steve Chapman briefs officers,
0:41:24 > 0:41:26ahead of day two of the investigation.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30We believe, at this time, he was last seen
0:41:30 > 0:41:33at around 11am on Tuesday by his son -
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Peter Campbell, would that be right?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40CID have been tasked with looking into the suspicions about the son.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Hi, is that Gill?
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Gill, my name is Neil Stannard.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49I'm a detective over at Darlington CID, at the police station.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Hi, could I speak to Peter Campbell, please?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53It's Richard Garrett from Darlington CID.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58I just wanted to speak to Peter with regards to Archie
0:41:58 > 0:42:03and I was wanting to try and arrange to come and see Peter at an address,
0:42:03 > 0:42:05at his home address, if that's where he's going.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09I'd like to see him as soon as possible, please.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12We need to establish the truth.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14People display things in different ways but...
0:42:16 > 0:42:18..a detective's instinct
0:42:18 > 0:42:22on how people are displaying their emotions, their feelings,
0:42:22 > 0:42:25or how they're reporting to us is crucial.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30I will always consider a detective's views
0:42:30 > 0:42:33when they've been to somebody's house, not just what they can give,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36but how they feel about how that interaction went.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Control, delta, whiskey, radio check. Over.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00While CID dig deeper into Peter's account,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03the search on the ground is restarting,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05this time with the benefit of daylight.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Archie!
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Archie!
0:43:11 > 0:43:12Archie!
0:43:16 > 0:43:20After spending nearly an hour interviewing Archie's son, Peter,
0:43:20 > 0:43:24the detectives are back to give their assessment.
0:43:26 > 0:43:31He basically says at around nine o'clock yesterday,
0:43:31 > 0:43:33that he's gone to the address.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36He would normally go on a Wednesday
0:43:36 > 0:43:39- to see what...to see if his dad wanted any shopping.- Mm-hmm.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43He sees that the curtains are closed and the door's locked,
0:43:43 > 0:43:44goes into the house,
0:43:44 > 0:43:46see that his dad's not there and the curtains are shut.
0:43:46 > 0:43:51He opens the curtains, he then looks round the house and then comes out.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53At around about 12 o'clock,
0:43:53 > 0:43:59- he's gone back to his dad's home... - Mm-hmm.- ..and dad's still not there.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01- He's anxious and distressed.- Mm.
0:44:01 > 0:44:05So, I don't think I'd have any concerns about Peter
0:44:05 > 0:44:10- and I don't think you have either, have you?- No, nothing sinister.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12I think he's just got his time wrong.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15- Yeah, I think he's got his times wrong.- He's tired.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19And he's tired, cos he's had contact from three different police officers
0:44:19 > 0:44:22- and he's tired by that.- Mm-hmm.
0:44:23 > 0:44:28- Family - engage with them regularly.- Family's a close family.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31All get on. There's no kind of family disputes.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34- It was mentioned that they're all looking out for Dad.- Mm-hmm.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38There has never been a discussion about Archie going into a care home.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42His dad's wish, basically, was, "I'm staying in this house until I die."
0:44:42 > 0:44:46- Mm-hmm.- But there was never a discussion from Peter saying to Dad,
0:44:46 > 0:44:49"Do you not think it's time you went in a care home?"
0:45:01 > 0:45:04I knew what dementia and Alzheimer's was all about,
0:45:04 > 0:45:08but I never dreamt my dad would get it
0:45:08 > 0:45:11after my mum...had come through it.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14And, er...
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Yeah, it's strange, it's a strange thing.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22But...
0:45:24 > 0:45:26He's always looked after himself,
0:45:26 > 0:45:28he's always been a keen walker, like.
0:45:28 > 0:45:34And up to that point, there's never been any, really, great concerns.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39There is concerns as far as his memory's concerned,
0:45:39 > 0:45:42but not as going missing.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45He could always find his own way home, always has done.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56Archie would say, "You'd never get me in a home."
0:45:56 > 0:46:00I couldn't imagine the boys actually telling their dad what to do,
0:46:00 > 0:46:03cos he was the dad of the family.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07He was a strong man all his life.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09It's hard to say that to someone, isn't it?
0:46:11 > 0:46:12Especially when it's your dad.
0:46:20 > 0:46:24This is a neighbour who's had the CCTV.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27OK, so, there he is.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Sort of top of the screen, outside his house.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36Stands there for a few minutes and then begins to wander over.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47The detectives' instincts are confirmed by the neighbour's CCTV.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50A thorough trawl has uncovered footage
0:46:50 > 0:46:54showing Archie leaving his home alone and of his own accord.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56Is he walking with a stick there?
0:46:56 > 0:46:59- Can you see if he's walking with a stick?- He is, he's got a stick.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02He's got kind of, like, maybe bluey jeans,
0:47:02 > 0:47:06a sort of green jumper, potentially.
0:47:06 > 0:47:10It reveals that Archie left his home on Tuesday,
0:47:10 > 0:47:13meaning this is now the third day he's been missing.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17So, we've now got a time
0:47:17 > 0:47:19that we can clearly see this guy leaving the house.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23We need to be able to take a download of the CCTV
0:47:23 > 0:47:25and allow it to be used from the media perspective.
0:47:25 > 0:47:29It's imperative, if we can, to get a still from the CCTV,
0:47:29 > 0:47:31so at least we can describe the clothing
0:47:31 > 0:47:32we think he was wearing at the time.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35From the media, if we're pushing something out,
0:47:35 > 0:47:37we're going to get reports in from members of the public,
0:47:37 > 0:47:40rightly so, but we need to be able to triage those quickly.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43Absolutely, Paul, for example, "I know this man.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46"It was this man and I seen him at 5pm."
0:47:46 > 0:47:49That would be an action that I would want to prioritise
0:47:49 > 0:47:52because they're saying they know him and it was him.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54Let's get this out there.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58How concerned are you about his welfare, in particular?
0:47:58 > 0:48:01We're particularly concerned about Archie's welfare now.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03It would really help us if the community could help
0:48:03 > 0:48:05in looking for Archie.
0:48:05 > 0:48:09We'd really urge them to check their back gardens, their sheds,
0:48:09 > 0:48:14their outbuildings, even hedges and bushes, because what we do know
0:48:14 > 0:48:18is that people who suffer from dementia often do go to these areas.
0:48:18 > 0:48:19How are the family coping?
0:48:19 > 0:48:21Understandably, they're upset about this
0:48:21 > 0:48:23and they want to locate Archie
0:48:23 > 0:48:25as quickly as possible, as we all do.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27And that's the main objective of this.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30We hope to find Archie fit and well and if we can all pull together -
0:48:30 > 0:48:32the community, the family, the police -
0:48:32 > 0:48:34hopefully, we'll have that resolution.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39'Concerns are growing for the welfare
0:48:39 > 0:48:41'of a missing Darlington pensioner.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43'Archibald Campbell, who's known as Archie,
0:48:43 > 0:48:47'was last seen at his home in the Parkside area on Tuesday afternoon.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50'The 82-year-old, who suffers from dementia, is a keen walker.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53'A full description and a picture of Archie can be found on our website.'
0:48:58 > 0:48:59Durham Police, can I help?
0:48:59 > 0:49:06Hello, um, I've just passed somebody on the road into Aldbrough St John.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08Police emergency.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12Hello, there's a man, Archie, that you've been looking for.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15I've seen him walking back in the Burtree pub.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18I don't even know if it was him. I saw an elderly bloke.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20He was going at a fair old rate.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22Did he look like the gentleman in the photo? Did you see?
0:49:22 > 0:49:24- I only saw him from the back.- Right.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Can you confirm it was him for me?
0:49:26 > 0:49:29I couldn't, no, cos I don't know the man.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34Might be nothing. I'm certain he walked past me in Horden yesterday.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37- Towards Grange Road. - Yesterday, I was in Boots.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39- The football stadium. - The railway line.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41- Rugby club. - Shakespeare Road.- Airport.
0:49:46 > 0:49:51Following the radio appeal, Durham Police received 23 new calls,
0:49:51 > 0:49:53reporting potential sightings of Archie.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09But Archie has still not been found.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14There's obviously a cost involved,
0:50:14 > 0:50:16in terms of the deploying of a helicopter.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21It's £1,500 an hour.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24If we're using a helicopter for extended hours of flying,
0:50:24 > 0:50:26that is a lot of money that, ultimately,
0:50:26 > 0:50:28the public are paying for.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31We're going to have to return to base. We need fuel.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34I don't know if there's any further search parameters.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36At this moment, I'm awaiting instruction from the team.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Thank you very much for your assistance.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Archie has now been missing for nearly 53 hours,
0:50:54 > 0:50:57without a single confirmed sighting.
0:51:03 > 0:51:07The search will always continue while there's hope.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13But...the longer it goes on,
0:51:13 > 0:51:16the more, then, you know it's not going to be a positive outcome.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21If I'm honest, at this point, it's a search for a body.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44PHONE RINGS
0:51:44 > 0:51:47- Afternoon, Durham Police. - Good afternoon.
0:51:47 > 0:51:51I drove on the bypass around about two, three o'clock on Tuesday,
0:51:51 > 0:51:54and there was an old lad walking along the bypass
0:51:54 > 0:51:56and he wasn't even facing the traffic.
0:51:58 > 0:51:59He had a walking stick even.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05And he looked staggered and a little bit confused.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10Just around the bend where the railway line goes underneath.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14That's where I saw him.
0:52:17 > 0:52:22On Tuesday, I seen him walking along, do you know the bypass?
0:52:22 > 0:52:25He didn't look very confident on his feet.
0:52:27 > 0:52:33- And we're told he's walking away, along this route here.- Yeah.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36- This one right here. - Hello, put a callout out.
0:52:58 > 0:52:59- RADIO:- 'They've got him.
0:53:01 > 0:53:02'I've got hold of him.'
0:53:07 > 0:53:10INDISTINGUISHABLE
0:53:10 > 0:53:14- Slowly.- Stop, stop, stop. - Stop, stop.- Do you want me to help?
0:53:17 > 0:53:20- Right.- Prepare to lower. And lower.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22- RADIO:- 'Hello, incident site one.'
0:53:22 > 0:53:25- Come on, mate.- Come on, Archie. - Come on, Archie, good lad.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38My name's Jo. All right, we're going to have a little look at you.
0:53:38 > 0:53:39Are you hungry?
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Yeah? Good lad.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Just put a little bit in at a time.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53There you go. OK? How does it taste?
0:53:55 > 0:53:58- Not too bad, eh?- No.- Oh, champion.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04- It's freezing.- Eh?
0:54:06 > 0:54:08No, we're all right.
0:54:08 > 0:54:12You all right there, Archie? Good, good fella.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15- All right?- Are you nice and warm?
0:54:19 > 0:54:22'For two days, you were living and breathing this case.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26'To be able to say to the family,
0:54:26 > 0:54:29'"We've found him and he's alive," was absolutely unbelievable.'
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Um, it isn't something you do regularly
0:54:36 > 0:54:38with a case that goes on that long.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43Archie! Archie! It's Donna.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Where've you been?
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Ooh, yes, I look thin!
0:54:50 > 0:54:52LAUGHTER
0:54:56 > 0:54:59'To see him wide awake, smiling, was unbelievable.
0:54:59 > 0:55:00'I just couldn't believe it.'
0:55:00 > 0:55:05He was so happy, chatting away as if nothing had happened.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07But it was a relief. It was lovely.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16It's like the world's been lifted off your shoulders.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25INAUDIBLE
0:55:29 > 0:55:33A few tears, yeah, and he said, "I'm going to be all right.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36"Don't worry about it. I don't know what all the fuss is about."
0:55:41 > 0:55:43Yeah.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55Done nothing. You don't need any holidays, do you?
0:55:55 > 0:55:58I'm looking at the news.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01You had a fall and you spent a fortnight in hospital,
0:56:01 > 0:56:05then you came here, so how long do you think you've been here?
0:56:05 > 0:56:09- A couple of months. - Yeah, that's about right.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Yeah, yeah, you were bang on.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14I knew if anyone was going to make it through a couple of nights,
0:56:14 > 0:56:16it would be him, without a doubt.
0:56:16 > 0:56:20I was in the paras and you could fall off anything,
0:56:20 > 0:56:23on your head - well, it wouldn't hurt MY head much.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26THEY CHUCKLE
0:56:26 > 0:56:31- We beat everybody at everything.- Mm. - Mm. Fighting, anything.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40'In an ideal world, I'd want my dad back at home
0:56:40 > 0:56:42'but it's obvious to everybody'
0:56:42 > 0:56:45that that's never going to happen now.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48So, you have to accept the facts and just move on.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52He's accepted it now.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55I've accepted it, the family has.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58He just looks happier in himself.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03More relaxed, more chilled out, yeah.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07When you were missing,
0:57:07 > 0:57:10they searched your house for you and they searched the attic.
0:57:10 > 0:57:11For what?
0:57:13 > 0:57:15Then they came to MY house and searched MY house
0:57:15 > 0:57:17and searched MY attic.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20- A search? For what? - Looking for YOU!- Oh, I see.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27- Ah, dear.- Jesus Christ!
0:57:29 > 0:57:32THEY LAUGH