Robert Hutchinson
Disappeared23 June 2014 (aged 56–57)
Hendon, Sunderland
StatusMissing for 9 years, 6 months and 16 days
NationalityEnglish
Children1

Robert Hutchinson is a man from Hendon, Sunderland, United Kingdom, who disappeared on 23 June 2014.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Disappearance

He left his home on 23 June 2014 at 18:20 BST in a blue Nissan Micra.[5] The car was found in Stewart Street, just off Chester Road, the following day.[5][2]

His family reported him missing three days later.[2]

Murder investigation

Northumbria Police considered the disappearance as a possible murder as early as July 2014.[2][1] Two men, aged 39 and 55 were arrested and bailed by then.[2]

Crimestoppers UK offered a reward of £3,000 for information that might help in the murder investigation.[5]

In 2017, a reward of £10,000 was offered by Crimestoppers for information.[3] Nobody had been charged in relation to his disappearance by that date.[3]

In 2019, police released CCTV of people on Chester Road around the time of his disappearance.[4] By then, three men had been arrested, but none charged.[4]

In 2020, his daughter Paula Hutchinson issued an appeal for anyone with information about her father[7] to get in touch, including anonymously.[1] She said it was very much out of character for him to not be in contact with his family for such a long time as he loved them so much.[1][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Robert Hutchinson murder probe: Family seeks 'closure'". BBC News. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Robert Hutchinson search: Car prompt hope". BBC News. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Robert Hutchinson murder: £10,000 reward offered". BBC News. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Robert Hutchinson 'murder': CCTV appeal five years' on". BBC News. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Robert Hutchinson search: Crimestoppers reward offered". BBC News. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. 1 2 Brownson, Sophie (15 December 2020). "'It's like living in a nightmare' - Family of missing Sunderland granddad Robert Hutchinson appeal for information as they face sixth Christmas without him". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. ↑ Doughty, Sophie (2016-06-23). "Robert Hutchinson disappearance: Daughter begs to know where her beloved dad's body is". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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