Steven Clark's parents 'relieved' after being released without charge following murder arrest
The parents of missing Steven Clark have spoken of their relief, having being released without charge after being arrested on suspicion of his murder.
Charles and Doris Clark were horrified when police arrived at their home in Markse last September and placed them under house arrest for the murder of their son Steven.
Steven vanished in December 1992, aged 23. His body has never been found.
His parents thought 28 years without him couldn't get any worse, until September 2020, when they were arrested for his murder.
Steven's father Charles remembers being in the shower when the police arrived. He said:
The pair were initially arrested on the Monday, with officers returning on the Friday. They said to Doris: ''You can finish your breakfast, but we'll give you an hour to get a few things together and then you'll have to leave the house.''
That was to allow police to search the house, attic and garden.
After months of suspicion, Charles and Doris were released without charge and the couple do accept the police were following important lines of enquiry and correct procedure.
This is a case that has alluded detectives ever since Steven vanished, making national headlines.
He was last seen on a walk with his parents in Saltburn, 28 December, 1992. He went into some public toilets - and his mother saw him walk in, but she never saw him again.
The case was a missing persons enquiry for decades, until last year when it was reopened as a murder investigation and Mr and Mrs Clark were arrested.
Charles and Doris believe Steven may still be alive and that someone out there knows what happened to him.
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