The Missing podcast examines case of Holyhead father-of-three Tony Haigh who disappeared in 2018

Tony Haigh, aged 49, was last seen by the traffic lights on Tan Alltran Close, Richmond Hill, at 3.30pm on February 23.

In podcast The Missing, hosted by writer, journalist and broadcaster Pandora Sykes, Michelle Davis, Tony's ex-partner, says there was "no body, no trace, no witnesses and no CCTV" and police have not found any items belonging to the grandfather.

Speaking on the new episode, Michelle said: "Tony was a man of routine anyway, always had been. You know, he liked to go to work in the day, come home in the evening, stay at home, play chess, you know, pop and see his family and see some of his friends. But he was very much a home bird that's person just enjoyed his own company.

"Practicing chess games, watching documentaries, not a man that would go socialize in pubs or anything like that. It was just. You know, he had his life, he was happy with his life and he's always been the same type of person.

"Tony was type of person I think would avoid confrontation. You know, he was a man that probably could handle himself, quite strong built fellow, you know? Um, but he would never, ever, he just didn't get into disputes with people and he would avoid that situation, he knew in this town who the people you wouldn’t really want to get involved with, and never did."

"Tony was a fantastic father, very close with his son," Michelle added.

"Always gave him pocket money on the Friday night, every week without fail. Even if there’d been terrible weather and he hadn't worked all week, he would have saved that 10 pound from the week before to give to Zach for his pocket money.

"They were just unbelievably close the bond between them. Even, you know, when Zach was born, I'd been with Tony at the time, nine years.

"I'd never seen him cry. He cried the day his son was born."

On the Friday Tony went missing, both Michelle and Zach had become unwell with a stomach bug.

"We actually slept right through from quite early evening on the Friday night, right through to the Saturday, uh, you know, late morning, early afternoon," Michelle said.

The following morning, Michelle asked Zach whether he'd been in touch with his dad.

Michelle added: "I said to Zach, did you let your dad know that you weren't coming there last night? Because obviously we weren’t well. And he said I didn't last night, because I've slept most of the night. So I said, well, give him a text, explain that you didn't come on the Friday that you've been unwell, and that you’re unwell still.

"It was later on, on the Saturday that Zach said to me early, evening I think it was, he said, it's strange. He said, Dad hasn't replied to my messages, in fact, he hasn't even read them."

Michelle's phone rang and Tony's mum was on the other end of the line.

It dawned on Michelle and her son that no-one had seen Tony since the Friday.

Michelle said: "I got a sick stomach feeling…a feeling of there’s something not right here, because that's not Tony. So driving over to Tony's property, even being, you know, late 30s, I stopped at my mum's house and I said, mam do me a favor. Will you come with me? Cause I said, there's something wrong.

"We didn't know what we were facing going up there, but I, I knew there was something wrong. Zach knew there was something wrong. And even my mother, you know.

"What we found was that the downstairs communal door was ajar slightly, you know, it didn't need a fob to get through the door. That door had been compromised. So we, as a family, without a fob were able to enter the communal part of the building.

"When you look back, you know, even that evening, when I got home, after we found he was missing those types of things that enter your head.., and thinking, how we, you know, why were we able to get in there? What's wrong with the door?

"Zach was the first person to run up the stairs and by the time I get up there, I can see that the door to his flat is actually open. The flat door was shut, but it was unlocked. Zack, then went into the property. Looked into all four or five rooms that are in the property, can't see Tony and comes out.

"So by the time I get to the top of the stairs and I realize that, he's not there. I actually felt a bit of relief because I was expecting possibly that he was there collapsed then, you know, so at that stage we we're thinking, well, where is he then? You know, he's not in his property, but the doors are both open and nobody's heard of him."

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