A woman from Weston-super-Mare has issued a desperate appeal for information about her father, who has been missing for more than 25 years. Stevie Barry, 35, has been searching for Andrew Barry, also known as Andy, since he vanished in 1997 when she was just eight years old.
Stevie has contacted police, Interpol, missing persons groups, old friends, and former partners in her quest to find him. Recent police information suggests Andrew was in Weston-super-Mare in 2012, and may have stayed at Hope House rehab centre there, as well as similar centres in Taunton and Cornwall.
Police also discovered that Andrew registered at a Taunton job centre around 2002, made a mental health counselling request in 2004, and was in Weston-super-Mare in 2012. However, there is no NHS record of him since then, and he does not appear to be registered with a doctor or have had any prescriptions.
Stevie described her father as 'the apple of her eye' to his friends, making his disappearance all the more puzzling. She fears he may be homeless and unaware that he is missed. 'There's no malice on my part – I'm looking for him out of love and hope and good intentions,' she said.
Andrew, who would turn 63 this weekend, has four grandsons who have never met him. Stevie is urging anyone with information to contact Avon and Somerset Police, quoting case number 5225215188.
