Police ‘increasingly concerned’ for missing former firefighter
APPEAL: Missing Richard Mason
Detectives searching for a missing former firefighter from Beverley are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare.
Richard Mason, 55, was reported missing to Humberside Police on Monday, December 30, and the force has now released CCTV footage of him from the day he disappeared.
Inspector Simon Adams said: “Over the course of the last five days we have been conducting extensive lines of enquiry to locate Richard since he left his home address on Molescroft, and we are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare.
“We have been trawling hundreds of hours of CCTV and doorbell footage, conducting house to house enquiries and area searches of rural locations to try and understand which direction Richard may have travelled in since leaving his home.
“As a part of those enquiries, we are now able to release CCTV footage of Richard at 9.08am at the Molescroft Pavilion that morning [Monday, December 30].
“Richard is then thought to have walked on Hull Bridge Road Tickton before heading east towards the Crown and Anchor pub. He has then headed north along the banks of the River Hull in the direction of High Eske nature reserve at 9.37am. This is the last confirmed sighting of him.
“He is described as being 6ft tall with dark brown hair, a bushy beard and is believed to be wearing a tan coat, dark denim trousers with a dark hat.
“From this point, alongside specialist trained search officers, scent dogs, the fire brigade, other partnering agencies and Richard’s family and friends, we continue to piece together which direction Richard then travelled in from the Crown and Anchor pub.
“Richard is a very active person with a love of the outdoors, having previously completed walks of up to 20 miles. This is leading us to believe he may possibly have continued walking for some distance.
“We would like to thank members of the public for their continued support and assistance in our search to locate missing Richard and would encourage anyone with information to please phone us directly. I would also like to thank local search and rescue charities.
Anybody with any information is urged to call the Humberside Police non-emergency number 101, quoting log 95 of December 30.