An ongoing investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Royal Navy Rating Simon Parkes, more than three decades ago, has led officers from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary to Gibraltar. As part of a potential new line of enquiry, a team of nine officers, including detectives and specially trained search officers, undertook a small excavation at Town Range Car Park from August 7 to August 10.
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Simon Parkes, a radio operator from Bristol, was last seen in December 1986 while his ship, HMS Illustrious, was docked in Gibraltar. At just 18 years old, he had ventured ashore but never returned to the ship. Despite an extensive manhunt at the time, his whereabouts remained unknown, casting a shadow of uncertainty over his family and sparking decades of investigations into his disappearance.
