Christmas can be a traumatic time for those who are separated from their loved ones.
But this is the devastating reality for many people across Merseyside who have no idea where their friend or family member has gone. Around 180,000 people are reported missing in the UK each year - that is one person every 90 minutes, according to the independent charity Missing People.
Although in the vast majority of cases a missing person is found or return within 24 hours - sadly this is not the case for all. Here the ECHO highlights the cases of everyone who is currently listed as missing in Merseyside by the charity Missing People.
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The last date these individuals were seen ranges from 2021 to as far back as 1987. If you know anything about any of their whereabouts, please contact Missing People on their free and confidential helpline: 116 000 , call Merseyside Police on 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800555111.
Carol Mighall
Carol Mighall disappeared from her home in Birkenhead on January 4 2021 and hasn't been seen since.
The mum-of-five was last seen on CCTV in a convenience store on Rodney Street in the Wirral town centre that day. She had bought a litre bottle of vodka and 20 cigarettes and then headed in the direction of Birkenhead Central Station.
On the day her mum disappeared, Carol's daughter Kayleigh Doyle, said it feels like part of her body went missing. Kayleigh told the ECHO last year: "We were like each other's shadows. We were always together and she was always with the kids.
"The kids miss her and all want her to come home."
Carol has five children and nine grandchildren who have all been out looking for her since the day of her disappearance. Kayleigh said: "The look on my kids' faces every time they see a picture of her - it's the look of heartbreak. We miss her every day."
Carol is described as a white female, 5ft 4in tall, of slim build and with a pale complexion. She has brown shoulder length hair, often worn in a ponytail. Anyone who has seen Carol or knows of her whereabouts is asked to DM @MerPolCC or @missingpeople on 116 000.
Thinh Ho
Thinh Ho, from Aigburth, was last seen on Wednesday, April 29 2020. The teenager was 17 at the time of his disappearance and is described as Asian, 5ft 10in tall, of slim build, with short dark brown hair and a moustache.
When last seen, he was wearing black tracksuit pants and a black long sleeved top. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 20-002320.
Vuong Duy Vo
Vuong Duy Vo was also reported missing from Aigburth on the same day - April 29 2020. The teenager was 16 years old at the time of his disappearance and is described as Asian, 5ft 2in tall, of medium build, with short black straight hair.
When last seen, he was wearing black tracksuit pants and a black t-shirt. He has a dragon tattoo on his left shoulder/bicep. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 20-002370.
Tu The Nguyen
Tu The Nguyen has been missing from his home in Knowsley since the start of 2020. The schoolboy, who was 14 at the time, was last seen in the Huyton area at 2.15pm on February 8 that year.
He is a Vietnamese male, 4ft 10in tall, of medium build with short/shaven black hair and brown eyes. He also has a small scar in the middle of his forehead.
When last seen he was wearing a black Under Armour tracksuit with a black coat and black trainers and was wearing a large silver chain around his neck. Anyone who has seen him or knows of his whereabouts is asked to DM @MerPolCC, call 101 or contact @missingpeople on 116 000, using the reference 20-001653.
Ibrahim Alfadoon
Ibrahim Alfadoon was reported missing from his home in Liverpool on October 30, 2019. Ibrahim, who was 17 at the time of his disappearance, was last seen in Balmoral Road, Fairfield that day.
He is described as a Middle Eastern male, around 5ft 10in tall, of slim build with brown hair and brown eyes. Ibrahim is known to frequent areas of Toxteth and Manchester.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 19-005459.
Ann Ocampo
Ann Ocampo was 42 at the time of her disappearance on August 30, 2019. Ann, who is originally from the Philippines, was last seen in Mann Island.
She is described as 4ft 10in tall and of medium build, with brown shoulder-length hair. When last seen she was wearing a grey cardigan, a t-shirt and dark blue jeans.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 19-004452.
Trevor Farthing
Trevor Farthing was 52 when he disappeared in 2017 and was never heard from again. On the day of his disappearance, Trevor called his partner of 30 years, Marie Comber, who he had three children with, to tell her he was "going away."
He was last seen on Marshalls Cross Road in St Helens at around 9.30am on June 21, and Merseyside Police have repeatedly appealed for information about his whereabouts. Speaking to the ECHO in June last year, Marie said: "It’s still hard - it's no different from when he first went missing. We’re still looking for him.
"Everywhere you go you’re looking. You're looking at people, checking their faces out. You see someone who is down and out, you’re checking them. You see somebody with a grey beard with a little bit of a limp -anything that reminds you of him you’re looking for all the time.
"It’s very important for me to find out where he is. If he’s still around I'd like to think he’s happy and getting on with it but it would be nice to know he’s ok because every day for me is a wonder.
"I can get up in the morning and my first thought is Trevor because my house has still got all of Trevor’s stuff everywhere. No matter what week, what month, what time we’re on we still miss him and still wonder where he is. Is he ok, is he not ok."
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 17-003451.
Alessandro Severitano
Alessandro Severitano went missing from his home in Liverpool on Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Alessandro turned 40 on the day of his disappearance, and was last seen by friends at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital at around 9pm.
His relatives released an appeal around a week after he went missing, that said: 'Alessandro, mother is worried and anxious about you. She is waiting for you and cries every day.
"Your sisters and your nieces are desperate, they want you home. Give us a sign, let us understand that you are alive and well. Don’t be afraid of anybody, we are here to help and protect you. Please Alessandro, get in touch with us, we really need to hug you again."
Brendan Taaffe
Brendan Taaffe, from Birkenhead, was 39 years old when he went missing. Brendan was last seen on January 26, 2010, and is described as 6ft 1in, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 10-002273
Helen Montgomery
Helen Montgomery was 45 when she went missing from Wirral in August 2008 Helen is originally from South Africa and has family there and in the UK.
She is described as white, 5ft 5ins tall, of a slim build, with shoulder length wavy dark brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 08-019008.
Lindsay Claro
Claro has been missing from home since June 6, 2008. He was last seen by a neighbour that day on Stillington Road in Toxteth.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 08-013107.
Paul Fahy
Paul Fahy was 33 when he vanished after a hospital visit at the Royal on February 18, 2002. Mum Sandra Howarth has never given up hope that one day her son will pick up the phone to say he is okay.
Speaking to the ECHO in 2015, Sandra said: “It’s the wondering and the waiting that is so very hard.
"You’re in limbo. Every knock on the door could be him. Every time the phone rings, I think it might be Paul.
“Every time I leave the house I am looking for Paul and I worry I might not recognise him.”
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 04-000767
Julie Melton
Julie Melton has been missing from Liverpool for 18 years since July 23, 2004. On the day she disappeared, Julie, then 41, had lunch at her parents home on Somerville Road, in Waterloo.
That night, she phoned them to say she was on her way home but has not been seen since. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 04-001031
Kevin Fasting
Kevin Fasting has not been seen in 19 years since he left his parents' home in Aigburth on November 21, 2003, to go to work. The 49-year-old Liverpool fan, who has tattoos of LFC and a Liver Bird on his right forearm, has not made contact with his devastated family since.
Speaking to the ECHO in 2019, his son Kevin Jr who was 21 when his dad disappeared, said: "You just assume you’re going to find a body after all this time. He never said he was going to kill himself, he just said we would be better off without him.”
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 03-001677
Philip Fudge
Philip was 21 when he went missing after a Christmas party in Liverpool in 1995. Philip, a qualified baker and chef who was working as a lorry driver, was a member of the Territorial Army.
He had driven to Liverpool from his home in Hull for a party at HMS Eaglet, the Royal Naval Reserves unit near the city centre, on December 10. He was seen leaving in a taxi with two girls, and has never been heard from since.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 95-001285
Brian Hesketh
Brian Hesketh was 34 when he told colleagues he was taking an early lunch on January 4, 1994. He never returned and has not been seen since.
Brian, from Gateacre, worked as a civil engineer for the council but had recently been unhappy at work before he went missing. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 94-000065
Mark Garvey
Mark Garvey was 15 when he went missing from West Derby in 1987 after an argument with his girlfriend. He has never been seen since that day 35 years ago, but his family haven't given up hope of finding him.
Rose Garvey, from Norris Green, made the promise to her dad as he lay on his deathbed in hospital in February 2019, that she would never stop looking for Mark, who vanished two years before she was born.
Rose told the ECHO at the time: “I know now, why my dad was so protective of me as a child. If I was supposed to be home at 10pm and I came home five minutes late he'd be standing at the gate waiting for me.
“It's heart breaking. Every birthday, every anniversary, when it came up you would see the sadness in my dad's eyes.
“My dad's always been lost, it was never the same for my dad.”
Anyone with information on Mark's whereabouts is asked to contact Missing People by call or text for free on 116000, using the reference 93-000064.
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