ANXIETY, worry and fear are feelings that families of missing people know all too well.
When a loved one goes missing the confusion and yearning to know what happened and where they are can be overwhelming.
Fortunately, most missing persons cases are solved quickly, but some families can go weeks, months or even years not knowing what happened to their loved one.
Missing People is a charity that searches for missing people on behalf of the friends and family left behind and provides specialised support to ease their heartache and confusion.
Their website lists everyone that has been reported and remains missing, including a picture, age and where they are from.
Below, you can see 14 people who went missing from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and are yet to be found.
The two Isle of Wight men are long-term missing and Damien Nettles has been at the front of everyone on the Island's minds since his disappearance from Cowes.
His mother Valerie, now lives in the USA, but keeps the candle burning to remember her son.
The other missing Islander, Jeffrey Allen, went missing from Ryde in 1982, 38 years ago. He was 17 at the time.
Damien Nettles
Age at disappearance: 16
Missing Since: 2nd November 1996
Missing from: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Jeffrey Allen
Age at disappearance: 17
Missing Since: 10th May 1982
Missing from: Ryde, Isle of Wight
Richard Cropp
Age at disappearance: 49
Missing Since: 3rd September 2014
Missing from: Basingstoke, Hampshire
Hamid Khan
Age at disappearance: 13
Missing Since: 20th August 2020
Missing from: Aldershot, Hampshire
James stone
Age at disappearance: 67
Missing Since: 1st March 1988
Missing from: Gosport, Hampshire
Paul Balmforth
Age at disappearance: 27
Missing Since: 8th February 2000
Missing from: Southampton, Hampshire
Adjon Muja
Age at disappearance: 17
Missing Since: 16th December 2019
Missing from: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Klevis Imeraj
Age at disappearance: 17
Missing since: 17th June 2018
Missing from: Gosport, Hampshire
Huy Van Tran
Age at disappearance: 15
Missing since: 3rd August 3 2017
Missing from: Rowlands Castle, Hampshire
Lindon Lushi
Age at disappearance: 17
Missing Since: 12th November 2016
Missing from: Southampton, Hampshire
Paul Carter
Age at disappearance: 22
Missing Since: 21st April 2007
Missing from: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Joanne Sheen
Age at disappearance: 44
Missing Since: 22nd February 2020
Missing from: Southampton, Hampshire
Doran Malaj
Age at disappearance: 17
Missing Since: 12th September 2019
Missing from: Portsmouth, Hampshire
John Ferris
Age at disappearance: 44
Missing Since: 19th November 2010
Missing from: Gosport, Hampshire
To get 24/7, free, confidential support, call or text 116 000 or email 116000@missingpeople.org.uk.
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