Family of Celtic fan missing in Lanzarote slam Spanish police after case closed
22.06.2024 - 04:13
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
The family of a Celtic fan missing in Lanzarote has been told by Spanish police that the case into his disappearance is closed.
Gary Shearer, from Renfrew, vanished just hours after he arrived in the country alone to celebrate St Patrick's Day on March 16, 2023. The 53-year-old's loved ones still have no idea what happened to him.
Sister Debbie, 49, told the Record that her family is in "disbelief" after the police met with her parents to confirm that they had "exhausted all leads".
She said: "We are in disbelief. We are angry and we feel let down by the police. We just don't know how they can do this."
Footage released by Spanish cops last year showed Gary with an unknown man, walking outside a Spar shop on the island. Yet officers have not been able to identify the stranger.
Debbie continued: "We do not believe they have exhausted all leads because they have not found the man that they released footage of - who was the last known person seen with Gary.
"We've been told he had no interaction with Gary but there must have been something that prompted the police to release that footage in the first place. They were the ones that wanted to speak to that man. Why?
"This is why we remain confused. It's just been the same story throughout the full investigation, just no answers to questions. It's a nightmare."
Gary checked into his hotel in Puerto del Carmen before heading to Bar 67, just a few minutes away. He was later picked up on CCTV lying unconscious in a doorway near the bar at 1.30am the following morning.
Debbie added: "It's tough an it's not getting any easier because we've lost hope.
"You think that you might find ways to cope in time, but the longer it goes on the harder it is. We start to realise we are never going