A teenager who went missing after an argument with his girlfriend was last seen over 35 years ago.
Mark Garvey went missing from his family home in Walton after leaving to visit his girlfriend. The 15-year-old was last seen near a bus stop by the Jolly Miller pub on Queens Drive, West Derby on March 2, 1987.
It emerged Mark and his girlfriend had argued after he found her with his best friend. The teenager left in tears to catch a bus and has not been seen since. Police worked extensively on the case for three months questioning everyone at Mark's school - De La Salle in Croxteth.
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Officers also searched Walton Park with tracker dogs and an announcement was made over the loud speakers at Everton's Goodison Park. But no trace of Mark was ever found and no one came forward with information.
Despite this Mark's family have never given up in their search for the missing boy who would have been 51 yesterday, December 12. Mark's sister Rose, who was born years after his disappearance, previously told the ECHO how she promised her dad she would never stop looking for "their Mark".
Rose said: "My dad used to always say ‘minutes turned to hours, hours turned to days, days turned to weeks, weeks to months and months to years. I told my dad when I was little that when I was older I was going to get a helicopter and I was going to go out and find him for my dad.
"When he died in 2019, he passed away with no closure for his son so that’s why I need to find him, I need to do this for my dad and I’ll bring him home one day. My dad was born to be a dad and he was the best dad you could of ever had, the fact this happened to him is absolutely heart breaking."
Rose said she grew up hearing stories about Mark from her dad and sister Lisa. She said: "My dad used to always point at pictures of him growing up and told me 'that's your big brother that'". The now 33-year-old added: "Whenever it was Mark’s birthday or the anniversary of his disappearance my dad would always look lost - I wouldn't ever know what to say to him, I'd just hug him.
"He wouldn't show how he was feeling much, he was a strong man and how he lived not knowing where his son was I don’t know, but it killed him."
Despite it being over 35 years since Mark's disappearance, Rose previously told the ECHO she "knows" he is out there. She said: "I know he’s out there because he was so smart and clever and I can just feel it - I know it. I like to believe he's got a great family and I've got nieces and nephews out there,
"I like to think he's married and got a good job. I like to think he has a nice home and he’s doing well. I don't think anything negative about him, I just think positive and I know I’m going to bring him home - he’s going to come home one day and when he does I'll give him the biggest hug and I won't let go.
"I will never stop looking for him because I know he's out there - I know he is."
For more information or for further help, visit the website www.missingpeople.org.uk.
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