Family of missing boy issues emotional appeal

THE mother of a missing seven-year-old boy who has not been seen for five days is going through hell, her family said yesterday.

Three of Daniel Entwistle’s relatives made an emotional plea for information to ensure the safe return of the youngster at a press conference in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.

Daniel’s father David Entwistle, 41, said of his wife Paula, 30: “I have just got to be strong for Paula because she’s not well at the moment and she’s going through hell and I have got to be strong for her.

“It is unbelievable what’s going on, it’s heart-wrenching, nobody knows what’s going on. It’s just the possibility he’s still out there and still alive that’s keeping us going.

“He’s so special, it’s unbelievable, he’s my little boy,” he said.

Mr Entwistle made a direct plea to anyone who may have his son.

He said: “If somebody is actually holding Daniel, just send him back. If you want to take him to a local police station in the country, please, by any means do that, just take him there and leave him there.”

A bicycle believed to belong to the seven-year-old was found shortly after his disappearance on Saturday afternoon by a quayside wall next to a fast-flowing deep river.

Mr Entwistle said his son could not swim and did not like water. “If he’s gone into water, it’s a complete tragedy, he could not swim at all.”

Mr Entwistle said his son was not the type to run away. He said his son suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder but would not have gone off with a stranger voluntarily.