Parents of Robert Davies thank students for their help in search
The parents of missing University of York student Robert Davies have thanked students for their help in searching for their son.
Using a Facebook group entitled ‘Find Rob Davies’, which now has over 2300 members, the missing student’s friends organised volunteers to walk around York with pictures, appealing for information.
Over 40 students joined the September 29 search, designed to catch regular drinkers and club-goers who might have seen Davies the previous week. A number of Davies’ friends from his hometown of Bury travelled to York to take part.
Davies’ father, Tony, expressed his gratitude to students saying “We’re overwhelmed by the messages of support that we continue to receive, and are so grateful to Rob’s friends for giving their time on Saturday night to circulate his picture around the pubs and clubs.”
Third year Chemistry student James Koziaryn, one of a number of students who helped to organise the search, said: “It was great to see so many people turn out to try and help us find Rob. It shows how much people care about him and how much we want him back.”
The search yielded a number of reported sightings, including a claim that Davies had been seen as late as Tuesday night. The witness said he saw someone who resembled Davies banging bottles together near the river, close to Skeldergate. Other reports from witnesses put Davies near Reflex at around 1 am on the morning he went missing. The police have been unable to substantiate any of the reports.
