Chapter 1 - Trouble begins

Missing person▓s report Exeter constabulary

Date: Thursday 17th August 2007

Full name and address of missing person: Chase Matthews, Pathetic Coast Academy

Age: 14 years 2 months

Full circumstances of events and details leading up to the report: Chase was last seen at around 1:00pm on Thursday 17th August , when he left his last class which was biology. He had said to his friends that he was going up to his dorm to finish of some homework which was due in next period. His friends claim that after having some lunch with them he left them to go to his dorm. After not seeing Chase in her next lesson his best friend Zoey Brookes rung his mobile phone repeatedly but it was switched of. After not going to all of his afternoon classes Zoey Brookes went to the principle Dean Rivers and she then reported Chase as a missing person.

Metal state of the missing person, and the details of anything that may make them particularly vulnerable: Mental state normal, so far as his boarding school friends are aware. The reason that Chase is a teenager is the only reason why he would be vulnerable.

Details of any vehicles used: No vehicles are known to be used

Full description, including what the missing person was wearing:
About 5▓8■, approximately 8 ╫ stone, short brown/black curly hair. He was wearing jeans and a light blue t-shirt with a surfer on it. He was also wearing white trainers and wore a beaded white and brown necklace.

Based on interviews, possible reasons/speculation why this person has disappeared:
None known

Police constable taking this report: Emily Laurin

The clock truck 1:30am on Friday morning. Zoey sat awake. Chase her best friend had gone missing during Thursday lunchtime and had not gone to any of his afternoon classes and had not yet returned to his dorm. Zoey kept telling herself he▓s fine, he▓s studying somewhere or something but in the back of her mind she knew something wasn▓t quite right. He had promised he would see her in there next class but he never turned up. His phone was switched of. His phone being the only way she could contact him. Again she told herself he▓s fine, go to sleep, time will pass more quickly. Eventually Zoey took her own advice, switched of her bed side lamp and lay her head on her pillow. It was a cold night so her body shivered under the covers. Her dorm mates who were also her best friends Nicole and Lola were both asleep so it was silent. After a few minutes zoey went into a light sleep, hoping that when she woke up, Chase would be safely in his dorm.