URGENT APPEAL: Missing walker still not found

After three days of searching Keighley man David McCartney has still not been found and as we enter day four, Police are appealing for sightings of the walker

The search for the missing walker David McCartney continues.  David McCartney was heading to the Craven area to complete a walk which was expected to last a few hours. David has not been seen since, despite searches in the Kettlewell, Starbottom and Yockenthwaite areas of Craven. 

David has not returned home and North Yorkshire Police had recovered his car in Kettlewell.  

An updated picture has been released of David, who was last seen before he left for a walking expedition in the Craven area on Monday.  David is described as wearing a blue kagool, red trousers, a orange and brown striped scarf and he was carrying a red and black rucksack.  The coat that David is wearing in the picture is the same coat that he went walking with on Monday. 

David's family have stated that he "speaks with a stutter," this may be distinctive to anyone who has seen or spoken to him.

Searches continued for a third day yesterday, with the focus on Great Whernside, Kettlewell and surrounding fells and hilltops.

Police, Mountain rescue, fell rescue, cave rescue and RAF/Police helicopters are involved in the search.

Please call 999 if you have an immediate sighting of someone matching David's description. If you have any information that could assist us, please call us on 101.

REF Number. NYP-18102021-0505.