MISSING: Damien Nettles
A 16-year-old vanishes from England’s Isle of Wight. And the quest for answers leads us deeper and deeper into an underbelly most didn’t even know existed on the island.
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If you have any information on the disappearance of Damien Nettles please contact Crime Stoppers (UK) at 0800-555-111 or phone Hampshire police on 101.
To visit Damien’s website please click HERE.
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Episode Source Material
- The Boy Who Disappeared, by Valerie Nettles. Kobo edition.
- Mirror (UK): What happened to Damien Nettles? Unsolved case of teenager missing for 20 years is BBC’s Making A Murderer, by Bronagh Munro
- Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared (Season 1, Episode 4)
- Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared (Season 1, Episode 1)
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): The missing children, by Valentine Low
- BBC News: Looking for my missing son, by Valerie Nettles
- The Observer (UK News): Mystery of the boy who just vanished, by Tracy McVeigh
- Isle of Wight County Press (Isle of Wight, England): Family of missing Damien Nettles never gave up search for answers, by Lori Little
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Operation Ridgewood: 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Damien Nettles, by Hampshire Constabulary
- Interactive timeline of Damien’s movements the night he disappeared
- 47 On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Damien Nettles: Police assessing new information, by Hampshire Constabulary
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Search For Damien Nettles Still Going Strong, by Sally Perry
- Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared (Season 1, Episode 6)
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Damien Nettles Suspects Released On Bail, by Hampshire Constabulary
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Damien Nettles: Police Make Five Arrests, by Hampshire Constabulary
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Damien Nettles’ Mum Speaks To VB Following The Five Arrests (Podcast), by Simon Perry
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Damien Nettles: Police Start New Search For Body, by Hampshire Constabulary
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Information Leads Police To Believe Damien Was Killed (Podcast), by Simon Perry
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Police Urge Public To Avoid Unfounded Speculation In Damien Nettles Case, by Hampshire Constabulary
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Damien Nettles Investigation: Police Conclude Search, by Hampshire Constabulary
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Damien Nettles: Further Arrests, by Hampshire Constabulary
- Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared (Season 1, Episode 8)
- On the Wight (Isle of Wight, England): Damien Nettles: IPCC respond to police investigation complaint, by Sally Perry
- CCTV footage of Damien in the Chip Shop
- Damien Nettles (Website)
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