The sad and strange case of David McCaig is still a mystery. A team of more than thirty five detectives were engaged trying to find 13 year old Wallasey schoolboy David. A special incident room had been set up at Headquarters. The boy had left home to return to school after a dental appointment on 9
March 1970. Later that afternoon the local newsagent rang his mother to ask why he had not come in to do his paper round. After a series of telephone calls, David was reported missing. He was interested in ships and vessels, so they were searched in local docks. A boy had been seen in the area and ships were searched after they had left port. On 13 March boys found David's cycle in Rake Lane Cemetery and 40 Policemen searched the cemetery without success. Later a cape was found in Thirlmere Street and two boys admitted that was where they had discovered the cycle. Again David was said to have been seen on a Liverpool/London train and he had alighted at Crewe so the Police moved their search to the boats on the Shropshire Union Canal. After a great deal of time and work, the Police were no further. A theory was that the lad had sailed on the cruise ship, Ocean Monarch.
David had been visiting the HMS Eagle on the previous Sunday and the liner had been tied up astern of the aircraft carrier. The enquiry had been led by Superintendent Stanley Fisher who confessed that it was the most baffling case in his 30 year career. In 1973 a new probe was set up headed by Detective Superintendent Des Green, Detective Inspector Bill Griffiths and Detective Inspector Alan Rimmer. Their work ended in a blank.
After all these years the file remains open.
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