Police in Bristol have defended their handling of an investigation into the disappearance of a woman who hasn’t been seen for nine months. Nothing has been seen or heard from Denise Jarvis since she went missing last summer, and now friends quoted in the national press have criticised the way the police have handled the ongoing investigation.
The disappearance of the 44-year-old from the Kingswood area of Bristol has been the subject of several police appeals, including one on TV involving family members, but reports by the Daily Mail have quoted unnamed sources close to the family who have criticised what they described as a ‘general apathy’ from police over the case.
Denise has not been seen since August 3 and she was first reported missing the next day. It wasn’t until August 17 - two weeks later - that Avon & Somerset Police alerted the media and issued a public appeal, and family and friends quoted by the Mail have criticised that, and the lack of detail in those initial appeals.
