POLICE activity is continuing today to find missing former Grantham King’s School pupil Euan Coulthard.
Euan, 19, who is studying law at St Mary’s College, Durham, was last seen leaving Loveshack nightclub in the Walkergate area of the city late on Wednesday 14th January.
Earlier in the evening Euan, from Bottesford, had enjoyed a meal with friends at La Spaghettata on Saddler Street before going to Loveshack.
Since Euan, a member of Belvoir Cricket Club, was reported missing on Thursday afternoon, extensive urban and river searches have been carried out by police, fire crews and mountain and fell rescue.
The river Wear has been searched from 300 metres beyond Prebends Bridge back down to Finchale Abbey. Certain parts of the river at Chester-le-Street and Washington have also been searched.
An extensive urban land search of Durham City has been completed and dogs have searched the river banks on both sides.
Hours of CCTV footage has been studied and images of a man believed to be Euan have indicated that on leaving Loveshack at around 11:50pm, Euan made his way towards Claypath and from there through the market place and down Silver Street where he crossed Framwellgate Bridge. The footage then shows the man believed to be Euan heading down the steps adjacent to the Bishop Langley Pub towards the river. This is the last potential sighting of Euan.
Superintendent Colin Williamson who is leading the search for Euan said “Extensive search activity has been carried out over the weekend and the investigation to find Euan is very much ongoing. We have been working closely with our colleagues at fire and rescue and mountain and fell rescue to find Euan.
He added “We are also working closely with Durham University and would like to thank the students who have assisted in the search so far. My team will continue to follow up on any new information we receive and with this in mind I would urge anyone with information to contact police on 101.”
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