General Chat

Ann

So sorry to hear of your news.

Your uncle is now at peace

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

Elaine x

What a sad blow at this time,,,I hope it brings comfort to know he can now be brought home.so sorry for your loss,

Ann, I am so very, very sorry....


Caz xxxx

May he now rest in peace.....x

I'm so sorry to hear this sad news, I hoped that he might have been found alive and well.
Rest in Peace Dear John x

I am so sorry to read this altho glad that you finally have answers and will be able to say your goodbyes to John when he is laid to rest with dignity.
Rest in Peace John.
LIzx

i am so sorry to hear your sad news.
my thoughts and prayers are with your family.
take care
tina x

Ann - It is sad to hear your news. You worked so hard to raise his profile as a missing person, this must have been a tremendus shock.

He can now be laid to rest and people will be able to say there goodbyes - he is now free of his illness.

Although the outcome is shocking, I am glad for you and those near him that the uncertainty did not carry into the new year ahead.

So sorry to hear John has died but at least now everyone can rest knowing what has happened to him and can lay him to rest.
My thoughts for all his family
Germaine
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So very sorry to your news.

My deepest sympathy to family and friends.

Lindy xx

Sorry to hear this sad news - RIP John. Condolences to all the family.
Love Mary xx

So sad to hear your news about your dear Uncle,
my heart goes out to you and your family.

God Bless

Trish
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sorry to hear of this sad news .condolences
to all the family
Rosex

Dear Ann
So sorry to hear of your Uncle's death but now you can put him to rest and also put your mind at rest.

Rest in Peace Dear John


Regards
Jackie

So very very sorry Ann especially that yesterday I didn't pick up your PM to me with the news.

May you all take comfort in knowing he has at last been found.

You and all the family can mourn him now and John can rest in peace.

Love and hugs

Linda x

Oh Ann, am sorry to hear this as we all hoped John would be found alive & well.

My heart felt sympathies to you and all the family, but as you have rightly said, at least he has now been found and you can lay him to rest.

Shirley-ann
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Thank you everyone for your condolences. I promised more details when I discovered them ... here's what I now know.

The police exercise was specific training in search techniques. They decided to use John's case as it was something definite for the trainees to search for. He was found in undergrowth, less than a mile from home. This was within the original search area, but I understand that the summer vegetation which was concealing his body had died off and so he was more obvious. He was found on Saturday afternoon, but because of bad weather and low light conditions his body wasn't retrieved until Sunday. I don't know what the condition of his body was, but I do know that some of his personal effects were in a good enough condition to be returned to his family. Most poignantly, his watch was still ticking.

The autopsy was carried out on Monday and the coroner has now released John's body as "no foul play" is suspected. I haven't heard if a formal cause of death has been determined ... I don't know if they can do that so long after his death. I also don't know if they have (or can) determine what happened between the time he went missing and the time he died. I do get the sense, however, that he died fairly quickly.

John's funeral will be later this week. I am putting together all of your messages of condolence to take to his wife and daughter. They know of the support you have given them and I would like them to have a reminder of that.

On our part, we're just so grateful that we can now have a normal grieving process. It's the small things that get me ... taking John's name off my Christmas card list ... seeing my Mum's eyes fill up when she saw one of the missing posters I had put up around Winchester ...

Ann

Ann grieve in peace and at least you and his family know he hadn't suffered for long.

Please accept once again my sincere sympathy.

Love Linda x

It must be comforting Ann to have some form of closure even though this is so very sad.

My kindest wishes go out to you all

Godbless John-

Catherine
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Anne so sorry to here the sad news but now he can be laid to rest sending deepest sympathy to all the family
R.I.P John
god bless
Dutchxx