Missing Adrian's parents: "We want to try and find his body so we can find closure"

Friday 04 March 2016

The heartbroken parents of missing Adrian Lynch who disappeared three months ago have given their first interviews about the impact that his loss has had on their family.

Danny and Sharon Lynch have spoken about their struggle to find closure after the 20-year-old disappeared on his way home from a night out on 5 December.

Police have scaled back the operation to find Adrian after a search effort that involved all of the emergency services, members of the public going out looking and specialist dog teams, divers, and search aircraft.

Police have said that they think he was disoriented and suffering from hypothermia after getting out of a taxi at Carrefour Selous at around midnight, and that he probably died of exposure after seeking shelter somewhere.

But for the Lynch family, the heartache continues.

His step-mother Sharon says that they felt that something bad had happened as soon as it became clear that Adrian hadn’t come home.

She said: “On the first day he went missing we had a feeling something bad had happened, that he'd been hit by a car or something.

“We're living in turmoil every day. We're trying to help each other out but we have got other people to take care of as well.”

Interview with parents of Adrian Lynch from Bailiwick Express on Vimeo.

And Adrian’s dad Danny said that the family have accepted that their son is dead, but are effectively in limbo.

He said: “We just want to lay him to rest.

“We want to try and find his body, so we can find closure.

“His body still hasn't been found, that's what we're struggling with most at the moment.

“Things haven't got any better... without closure sometimes you think he might still walk through the door.”

In January, police told Bailiwick Express that the investigation to find Adrian was a “missing persons inquiry” and that the indications were that no-one else was involved with his disappearance, and that it is a tragic accident.