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PSNI renew appeal over Belfast boys missing since 1969

Sep 21, 2025 08:24
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PSNI renew appeal over Belfast boys missing since 1969

It remains an open missing persons case, and a review is being carried out by the PSNI's Legacy Investigation Branch.

Police in the North are launching a fresh appeal for information on two boys who disappeared 56 years ago.

It remains an open missing persons case, and a review is being carried out by the PSNI's Legacy Investigation Branch.

11-year-old David Lecky and 14-year-old Jonathan Aven disappeared from east Belfast in September 1969.

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The investigation remains an open missing persons case, with the circumstances of their disappearance still unexplained.

David's family say they had "no indication that he was unhappy or in trouble of any kind and didn’t think he would ever have left home".

While Jonathan's father described him as a "happy little boy" who seemed to like school.

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The boys are reported to have got on a train to Bangor prior to their disappearance and police are keen to hear from anyone who may have encountered them in any circumstances or location over the past 56 years.

Making their appeal, detectives say Jonathan and David's families have suffered unimaginable pain over the years, not knowing what happened to them.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Legacy Investigation Branch via the PSNI website or at any police station.

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