Damien Nettles
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Damien Nettles was 16 when he went missing from The Isle of Wight on a wet and stormy November 2, 1996 at around midnight. He had been out with friends and parted company from them at approx 10.30pm. He was seen on Cowes High St by various people and was caught on security camera at Yorkie's Chip Shop on Cowes High Street at approx 11:45pm. Damien was surrounded by a group of 5/6 men, only three of whom have been identified. Two were army officers who were in Cowes for training in sailing, the other a drug dealer from the area who has since passed away, was not identified until after his death. The first two men were identified after a documentary which aired in January 1997, 2 months after Damien went missing. The National Missing Persons Charity was given an anonymous tip that these two were from the Army, based in Aldershot. They were interrogated and claim they did not know anything, however, both of them held conversation with Damien, as seen on the CCTV footage. After talking to the men Damien was identified later alone, on CCTV, walking along High Street in West Cowes. He has not been seen since. Despite a major police investigation, covering numerous possible outcomes, the whereabouts of Damien remains unknown.
Skeletal human remains were found in Warsash beach, Southampton on February 15 and February 23, 2003. An examination of the bones suggested the body was that of a young male, and that the bones had been in their skeletal form for less than four years. There is a possibility that these bones belong to Damien or to another missing teenager, Daniel Nolan. DNA samples were extracted from the bones on February 2003.
