Police has initiated a new appeal for information related to two BoysDavid Leki, 11, and Jonathan Aven, 14, who disappeared from the East Belfast about 60 years ago in September 1969.
Their cases were among those highlighted in recent 2023 documentary ‘Lost Boys’, who discovered the disappearance of many people. Children During the 1960s and 70s.
Officials said the families have tolerated “unimaginable pain” as their loved ones had disappeared.
He believes that boys could have gone on a train for Bangore and have urged anyone who may have faced them at any circumstances or place in the last 56 years.
He said that David’s family of Mail Street “had no sign that he was unhappy or in any kind of trouble and did not think he would ever leave home” when he went missing.
Jonathan, from Sydenham Drive, described his father as a “happy little boy”, who attended the Ashfield Boys School, “whom he liked and seen doing well”.
A police spokesman said, “More than 50 years since David and Jonathan have passed over 50 years, their families have been suffering in these years, do not know what happened to them the day they left their home addresses, what happened to them,” a police spokesman said.
“The pain and pain of not going over the years should be unimaginable. Our thoughts are very high with the families of both David and Jonathan at this time.
“This remains an open missing persons, which is still unexplained with the circumstances around their disappearance.
,detective All investigative opportunities will consider and follow all lines of investigation as part of the review and consider any possible criminal offenses that may be associated with their disappearance. ,
He said: “If someone has any information regarding the disappearance of David and Jonathan, we will ask them to contact the heritage probe branch, where all information will be assessed and considered by the investigators.”
Detectives can be contacted at 101 or reference RM14009442 by emailing on Libenquiries@psni.pnn.Police.uk. A report can also be made online using a non-pair reporting form via www.psni.police.uk/makereport/
Crimestoppers can be anonymously contacted on 0800 555 111 or online www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
Belfast Law firm KRW Law, who works for Aven and Laki families, welcomed the latest appeal for information.
He said that he is working collaboratively with PSNI in his investigation after the broadcast of The Lost Boys Documentary, saying: “Now these two young boys have a collective will for the families of the families to get a very important and long answer”.
Solicitor Owen Winters said that it is never late for justice.
He said, “Especially the matter of concern for us is that Jonathan and David require a connection to disappear in 1969.”
“Unreliable, no attempt was made to join all matters so far, despite the evidence of other disappearance and adding a series of murders.
“We have urged the police to keep all matters and events under the aegis of a centralized investigative approach. Thus there will be a mutual dividend for all the families engaged.”