Parents of a missing 23-year-old graduate who went to a house party and never came home say they are suffering ‘hell on earth’ a month after his disappearance.
Police have renewed their appeal to find Jack O’Sullivan after he went missing in Bristol on March 2.
His family have been searching for him every day since he was last seen at 3.15am in the area of Brunel Lock Road and Brunel Way.
Officers have used drones, dogs and dive teams as part of a ‘significant number of searches’ in the area near the River Avon, but are still yet to establish Jack’s movements following the last sighting of him on CCTV.
Jack’s parents, Catherine and Alan O’Sullivan, have urged anyone in the Hotwells area on that date to come forward with information.
Mrs O’Sullivan says she wants ‘the world to try and give them an answer’ to where their son is, claiming it was ‘very out of character’ for Jack to go missing suddenly.
The couple also explained how ‘heartbreaking’ it was to celebrate their son’s 23rd birthday on March 28 without him.
Police have renewed their appeal to find Jack O’Sullivan (pictured) after he went missing in Bristol on March 2
Jack’s parents, Catherine and Alan O’Sullivan (photo from Facebook), have urged anyone in the Hotwells area on that date to come forward with information
Mrs O’Sullivan told BBC News: ‘I want the world to try and give me an answer to where Jack is. It’s horrific.
‘Jack’s birthday was hell on earth and this last few days it’s getting harder because the answers are just not coming.’
Jack’s mother ‘instantly’ knew something had happened to him when she woke up just after 5am and realised he had not come home from the house party.
She said: ‘We could only go by phone messages that we were getting on my phone from a family group chat and it was giving me a location in Hotwells as to where Jack was.
‘So we go there and really nothing came to light, and here we are nearly 30 days after that moment with no further information or sighting.’
Ever since that night, Jack’s family have been out a number of times to retrace his last known steps.
There is a gap of three-and-a-half hours from when Jack left the party to when his last phone signal was detected, which has left the family ‘at a loss’.
Mrs O’Sullivan said: ‘There is not a lot of sense to it.
‘It just doesn’t add up. We were very shocked to see how well lit the area was in the middle of the night.
‘I was expecting it to be really dark and then to think well someone could trip but it’s lit up like in the middle of the day.’
There is a gap of three-and-a-half hours from when Jack left the party to when his last phone signal was detected
Police are still trying to establish Jack’s movements following the last sighting of him on CCTV
Avon and Somerset Police have appealed for anyone who was driving in the Cumberland Basin area, or who may have dashcam footage, to make contact.
Jack is described as being white, around 5ft 10ins tall, of slim build, with short, brown hair.
He was wearing a quilted green/brown Barbour jacket, a beige woollen jumper, navy chinos and brown leather trainers with white soles.
Senior investigating officer DI Jason Chidgey said officers had used drones, dogs and dive teams in the River Avon as part of a ‘significant number of searches’ in the area.
Detectives have also carried out extensive CCTV trawls and house-to-house enquiries, as well as looking at Jack’s phone to work out why that was active after his last confirmed sighting.
However, Det Insp Chidgey admitted his team was still trying to establish Jack’s movements following the last sighting of him on CCTV.
He said: ”This is an incredibly difficult and distressing time for Jack’s family and friends and we are continuing our efforts to try and find him.
‘The smallest bit of information could make a huge difference in our investigation so, even if you don’t think it is important, we encourage people to still get in touch with us.
‘We are keeping an open mind about where Jack is but this is very out of character for him and we have been working hard to track his movements that night.’