A mum has shared how it feels after her partner suddenly vanished without a trace.
Dad-of-two Peter Baglin disappeared after going out for a walk and was last seen on CCTV buying a bottle of whiskey.
It is now a month since the grandad of four and great grandad failed to come home after he was last seen on CCTV at a petrol station.
But Manchester Evening News reports there have been no leads or confirmed sightings of him and his wife Michelle and family have only one option: to remain hopeful.
'Best friends' Michelle and Peter have been together almost 30 years and tied the knot in 2001.
He was her 'rock' and 'backbone' two years ago when she was diagnosed with breast cancer it only made them stronger.
At the time he was reported as missing, Michelle said their relationship was 'the best it has ever been'.
Their grown up children have now flown the nest and were looking forward to growing old together and being able to afford holidays away.
And Peter always told her: "Michelle, you are my world."
Michelle said: "It is always there in the back of your mind. Even when you try and just carry on and be normal, you can't. It's a bit like a bereavement, but there's nothing at the end of it and no answers.
"How can you live a normal life and think about the future, when your future isn't there beside you? I can't even think that far forward, I have to just take every day as it comes.
"It doesn't seem like four weeks since he went missing, it feels like just a couple of days.
"I'm not sleeping at all. It's at night when it's the hardest, because I see his dressing gown and head isn't on the pillow next to me.
"I am trying so hard to be thankful for what I've got, but we have never been apart for more than a couple of days. This is the longest we haven't seen each other for, it's heartbreaking.
"We are each other's best friends. On our days off, we will watch A Place In The Sun together and can stay there just laughing together and talking.
"Our relationship was the best it's ever been. The kids are grown up - I remember the days we couldn't afford a holiday, it was just £950 at a caravan park.
"I can't understand it. It's like every day you are living a nightmare, like you're here, but you're not. I keep asking myself if I have missed anything or not picked up on any signs.
"I've thought over and over about the night he went missing. There were no signs of him letting me know he was struggling, but I would have known. I'm his best friend and he is mine."
After Peter's disappearance, Michelle orchestrated huge searches, involving friends, family and a devastated local community which gave her purpose.,
Peter had left their home in Boothstown, Greater Manchester and was last seen nearby, at the Texaco Garage in Mosley Common, at around 7.38pm on December 28.
Michelle spoke to him on the phone that evening at 8.15pm and he told her he was on a walk to 'clear his head'.
He said he was going down to walk along Bridgewater Canal. She was worried, but he assured her he would 'be home soon'.
Days later, after a search of woodland and police divers trawled the canal, some of his belongings were found close to an embankment
His hat, phone, bank cards, tobacco, house key and headphones have been recovered and are with police.
Michelle added: "I am at a loss - none of us can believe it. We are all just sitting and waiting for something to come up.
"It's as if he's just dropped off the face of the earth. We know nothing, I can't understand how in this day and age with all the technology, CCTV, doorbell cameras and alarms that there aren't any confirmed sightings.
The day he went missing on December 28, Peter had booked time off work to spend with Michelle after the couple had been working over the Christmas period,
Michelle describes it as 'normal', with the couple heading out to Screwfix to buy a new part for their toilet that had broken.
Despite police remaining in daily contact with Michelle and people phoning in to report possible sightings of Peter, she is still left desperate for answers.
She added: "Police have told me people have been phoning in but that the sightings aren't viable. I never want to miss anything, so am always checking messages three or four times a day.
"I am dreading going back to work and every time I leave the house it makes me anxious. I don't want to be out long because I am scared he is going to come back and I won't be there."
"It's mentally destroying me. I'm carrying on and I have to try and put it to one side, knowing that he must be out there somewhere. We always said we'd grow old together.
"I just never thought I'd be in a position like this. It's the not knowing that is the hardest part - I don't understand how someone could just disappear."
Peter, who works at Salford Royal Hospital alongside Michelle, was last seen wearing navy coloured joggers, walking shoe type trainers and a grey Mountain Equipment hoodie with a red zip and a hat.
He is described as being 5ft 10ins in height, with grey hair, and a tattoo on the left side of his neck that says 'Michelle'. He is also wearing his wedding ring.
After his disappearance, more than one hundred people helped search for him, travelling as far as Glazebrook, Culcheth, Astley, Swinton, Kearsley and Irlam.
Michelle added: "We have knocked on doors, circulated it on Facebook and just done everything we can, but until we get a new sighting, we are left in limbo.
"When we've had possible sightings, we have gone and had a look at the different places but its been to no avail. I've looked at footage and can tell it isn't him even by the way he walks.
"It takes you to a high, and then when I realise it isn't him, I feel like I just get dropped and we are back to square one.
"We just want him home, I want him safe and I want some clarity."
Officers are asking anyone who may have seen Peter, or anyone with any other information regarding Peter's whereabouts, to contact them on the switchboard 0161 856 8351 or 0161 856 7857, via 101 or by speaking to the independent charity – Crimestoppers – anonymously on 0800 555 111.
