Police are asking for people’s help to trace a man who has been missing for 33 years.
Keith Woodburn, who was living in Barrow, was reported missing in February 1990. Mr Woodburn, who would now be aged 58, was last seen by family members in the summer of the year before.
Mr Woodburn had spent the majority of his life in Ulverston.
He was reportedly seen in Aberdeen at some point between September 1993 and the early part of 1995.
A woman, who knew Mr Woodburn from his time in Ulverston, reported seeing him briefly during a lunch break in Union Street, Aberdeen. She was not aware that Mr Woodburn was reported missing at the time and it is her belief that he was living in the Torry area of Aberdeen.
Enquires were conducted by Cumbria officers in Aberdeen following the sighting, yet to date this has not generated any further information as to Mr Woodburn’s whereabouts.
The appeal for information follows a review by Cumbria Constabulary’s Force Major Investigation Team. The team, in line with other UK police forces, periodically review long-term missing person investigations to see if any further lines of inquiry can be completed to attempt to locate them.
Officers investigating this case are making a renewed attempt to see if anyone living in the Aberdeen area has any knowledge of Mr Woodburn. They are also appealing directly to Mr Woodburn to come forward and confirm he is safe and well.
Doug Marshall, a police staff senior investigator officer at Cumbria Constabulary, said: “If Mr Woodburn reads this appeal, I would urge him to come forward and let us know he safe and well. If he has moved away to start a new life, we will be respectful of his wishes and privacy.
“Our priority at this time is to establish if he is safe and solve this long-standing missing person investigation.
“I would also urge members of the public in the Aberdeen area to contact us if they have any information of Mr Woodburn’s whereabouts.”
The image used in this appeal is one of Mr Woodburn some time prior to him being last seen.
Anyone with information on Mr Woodburn’s whereabouts is asked to call 101.
