A reward of £50,000 is being offered to find the body of a Brit missing for 10 years with family pleading to end their years of grief.
Michael Martin was first reported missing in 2016 – a decade on, there is still no clue as to what happened to him, despite detectives working tirelessly to find answers.
On 11 Nov, a “first-of-its-kind” reward was announced for any information that will help locate Michael’s body, as reported by Need To Know.
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Hailing from Salford, he was 25 at the time of his disappearance and was reported missing on 8 Aug 2016.
The last sighting took place at the petrol station on Bolton Road in Kearsley around 7.30am on 7 Aug 2016.
Following immediate enquiries, detectives from Greater Manchester Police launched a murder investigation a week on from his disappearance.
There have been no further reported sightings of the victim.
His father, Greg, has revealed in a heartbreaking statement that every day they don’t know where he is brings a ‘gut-wrenching’ feeling.
Greg Martin said: “The not-knowing is gut-wrenching every day.
“We know he’s dead, but it’s just not knowing where he was, where he is and what happened to him.
“It’d give the family some closure – a form of sort of peace.
“My message to the people is to do the right thing – tell someone or indirectly let the police know what happened to Michael so we can get some peace of mind and closure.”
Lewis Hughes, Senior Investigating Officer and Detective Chief Superintendent, said: “It has been 10 years since Michael was last seen and his family has had to suffer every single day knowing that he is out there and has not been laid to rest.
“Over the course of the past ten years, we have remained committed to finding out what happened to Michael and we believe someone in the local community knows what happened to him or has information that could help us find his body.
“We need everyone to be thinking about Michael – we have conducted numerous media appeals in the hope that someone knows something.
“We are appealing directly to help his family lay their loving son to rest.
“Michael’s family have not been able to bury their son to bring an element of closure to this heartbreaking tragedy.
“The reward we are offering has never been offered before and that is how much we want to bring Michael home.
“His family deserves to bring their boy home.
“They are coming up to another Christmas and another birthday where they are no closer to answers of what happened to Michael.
“If you know anything at all, I implore you, please get in touch with us so that we can provide Michael’s family with some answers.”
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