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Someone Must Know

The Search for Missing People and Lost Identities

Every two minutes someone is reported missing in the UK. Most return, but some do not. The police are unable to investigate every case fully, and so too often these people disappear from memory. But the missing always leave behind traces – clues to who they might have been and where they might have gone.

Dave Grimstead, a retired Detective Inspector, has built an eclectic team of passionate volunteers who follow these clues wherever they lead in the hunt for answers, closure and the truth. Someone Must Know is their extraordinary story. Through ten fascinating cold cases, ranging from bodies discovered at sea to individuals who slipped through the cracks of everyday life, Someone Must Know explores the reality of what it means to search for those who are lost, to reconstruct whole lives from fragments of evidence, and to follow the stories of people who are gone but do not deserve to be forgotten.

About Dave Grimstead

Dave Grimstead is the head of Locate International, a not-for-profit comprised of an eclectic group of volunteers that helps families of unsolved missing person cases find their loved ones. The organisation’s work is the subject of Channel 4’s The Body Detectives and featured in The Missing Podcast hosted by Pandora Sykes. Dave and Locate have featured in various media outlets, including BBC News, Guardian, Daily Express, Metro and more.

Before founding Locate in 2019, Dave enjoyed a distinguished 40-year policing career as a Detective Inspector, leading complex investigations from kidnap and extortion to homicide and missing person cases. He has also worked extensively in the field of international and serious organised crime with the NCA where he managed successful investigations in drug and people trafficking. He retired from the police in 2012.
Details
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • ISBN: 9781529947052
  • Length: 256 pages
  • Price: £10.99
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