Jack O'Sullivan went missing after leaving a house party in Bristol on March 2The devastated parents of missing student Jack O'Sullivan say they have 'lost complete confidence' in the police force investigating their son's tragic disappearance.
The family, from Flax Bourton, North Somerset, also say police have been fixated with the theory that Jack may have entered the water - something his parents believe doesn't add up. 'I think a lot of people are probably the way that we were before anything like this. You just assume that the police are there to do a job and that it's being done properly.'
But his family reviewed more footage and believe they can see him heading back towards Bristol city centre at 3.25am. Jack went to school in Bristol before graduating from Exeter University and then returning to Bristol to continue his studies. He was living with his parents at the time of his disappearance.
But while Catherine was going through CCTV herself, she spotted a person - who she is adamant is her son - walking over Plimsol Bridge at around 3.25am, heading back in the direction of Bristol city centre. He also fumed at the fact Jack had not been added to the Missing People's register - the UK charity for people who have disappeared - until he had been missing for more than two months because of an administrative error within the police force.
'And also we've been given all the statistics of people going into the water, and what possibly could happen. But this is not stacking up really, for the police at all.' 'But here we are a hundred and one days on and they've still not followed that through to the end of potentially the information they could get from it.'
The family have now set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for a £20,000 reward for anyone who can give information leading to answers.They have also hired a missing persons expert called Charlie Hedges who has been assisting them in the investigation. They are adamant he was heading home because he sent his mother a text at 1.52am telling her that he was getting an Uber and that he was safe.
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: 'We've received a formal complaint from the family of missing 23-year-old Jack O'Sullivan in relation to our investigation into his disappearance, which remains ongoing.