More than five months after the disappearance of Catrin Maguire, her family feel as far as ever from answers. The 22-year-old had no known mental health issues and had spoken about exciting plans for her future before she went missing in Anglesey. For her loved ones, the hardest thing is not understanding.
Catrin disappeared on Monday, November 15, last year. Her dad Gerry said she had joined friends the previous Saturday for a movie night and socialised as normal. The Bangor University student was due to meet one of those friends in the city on the Monday to sign for a flat tenancy, but she never turned up. Instead she bought a return ticket that morning to Holyhead — the island town where her family live — and was reportedly last seen at 1.18pm walking by the RSPB South Stack Cafe.
"Sometimes people go missing after broken marriages or backgrounds in care," said Gerry. "There was nothing like that with Catrin. As far as we're aware there were no issues with Catrin whatsoever. We can't understand why she would go missing out of the blue."
