Police in Norfolk have issued a fresh appeal for information into the disappearance of seven-year-old Daniel Entwistle two decades ago. And the man who heads up Norfolk Constabulary’s unsolved cases review manager has said he and his colleagues remain committed to finding answers – and are actively searching for “credible” new leads.

Daniel Entwistle disappeared from near his home in Copperfield Avenue, Great Yarmouth on Saturday, May 3, 2003 – the May Bank Holiday weekend – after going out to play.

Paula and David became worried when he failed to come home for his tea and began to look for him, with the help of their friends and neighbours.

Soon a major investigation was underway with police calling in multiple agencies specialising in search and rescue techniques.

Daniel was subsequently identified on the CCTV at Blencowes, a local convenience store nearby to his home, at about 5.05pm that day.

There were other possible sightings of him during that day, including one of him playing with a group of other boys near the River Yare at Trinity Quay at around 3.30pm.

His red BMX bike was found abandoned near to the riverbank by Trinity Quay in the early hours of the following morning, and police launched sonar examinations of the riverbed.

At the time of his disappearance, Daniel was about 3ft 2 inches tall, thin with light brown cropped short hair. He had a pale complexion and a strong Northern accent, having moved from Burnley a few years earlier.

He was wearing a blue Adidas t-shirt with striped sleeves and an Adidas motif on the chest, blue tracksuit bottoms and grey-coloured training shoes.

Despite the huge police search involving many people and other agencies no trace of Daniel was ever found.

A Norfolk Police spokesman said since his disappearance officers have conducted more than 2,500 lines of enquiry and taken more than 580 statements.

He added: “In the last six years officers have conducted further searches in Great Yarmouth and received several new pieces of information which have all been investigated.

“However, Daniel remains a missing person to this day. Officers continue to appeal for new information which could help solve this case.”

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Guy said: “We recognise the enormity of two decades passing since Daniel went missing, and the impact this has had on his family in that time.

“As a force we remain committed to finding answers for them, and we have continued to explore new lines of inquiry in this case in response to new and credible information.”

He added: “In the last five years we have pursued 12 pieces of information passed to us.

“However, despite the original investigation carried out in 2003, our continued efforts and the subsequent appeals in the intervening years, no information or evidence has yet established what happened to Daniel since the last confirmed sighting of him on May 3, 2003.”

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Speaking to the BBC in 2012, David Entwistle, Daniel’s father, said: “I don’t know if he’s alive, I don’t know if he’s dead.

“He could be still alive, somebody might have taken him.

“He could have fallen into the river. We just don’t know, we’ve got no closure.

“I wish I had told him he couldn’t play out. It really hurts.”

Mr Entwistle split with Daniel’s mother after his disappearance and moved to Lowestoft, where he died in 2015 at the age of 53. His death was not treated as suspicious.

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