Police appeal for hitchhikers in search for missing Adrian

Monday 11 January 2016

The police have issued descriptions of four men who they say might have seen missing Adrian Lynch on the night that he disappeared.

The men were all seen in the early hours of Saturday 5 December in the area where the 20-year-old went missing, and the detectives working on the case think they might have more information about what happened to him.

One of them is described as being around 40-years-old with white hair. He was wearing a large black jacket and hitchhiking in St Lawrence main road at about 3 am. He was spotted between Three Oaks Garage and St Lawrence Parish Hall, heading south towards the Parish Church.

A few minutes later, further down the road nearer to St Lawrence Church and Stephen Cohu Antiques, two more men were seen hitchhiking, walking north. Both men are described as between 20 – 30 years of age, both well-built / muscular and wearing jackets. They were noisy and were shouting as a car drove past.

Sometime earlier at about 1.15 am – 1.30 am, a witness describes seeing a man walking further up the main road, past Regal Construction, heading north. He is described as about 5-ft 10-in-tall, of thin build with dark hair and wearing a mustardy brown suit. The same witness saw him a few minutes later 100 metres - 150 meters  past the main entrance to St John’s Manor, still heading north.

In addition to these men, the police would also like to speak to:

- The occupants of a small silver coloured car, possibly a Citroën Saxo or Volkswagen Polo, that was parked outside the Club Carrefour at around 11 pm on Friday 4 December.

- Two people seen with a motorbike close to the junction just north of the main entrance to St John’s Manor at about midnight. One was seated on the bike, the other standing by it in the road. He was wearing a dark top and dark baggy trousers with a light stripe running down one or both legs.

- A taxi driver who took a female to an address in Le Rue des Varvots, St Lawrence, at about midnight, who police believe saw a person thought to be Adrian in the main road just south of Carrefour Selous. The taxi driver may have seen something on his return to St Helier.

Police are asking anyone with information to ring 612612 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.