Urgent hunt for lacking couple, each 76, who haven’t been seen since final week

Police are urgently hunting for a couple who went missing from Dorchester in Dorset and have not been seen since last night.

John and Joan, both aged 76, were last seen in the seaside town of Clacton, Essex, on Thursday, March 27, where they had been with family.

It is understood the pair left Essex the following morning and, while enquiries suggest they returned to the Dorset area, they have not returned home and their exact whereabouts remain a mystery.

John and Joan were travelling in a red Ford Kuga with the registration HF74 KRO.

John is described as around five feet ten inches tall and of slim build with short grey hair that has a tinge of red and it thinning on top. He sometimes wears glasses.

Joan is described as around five feet two inches tall with greying blonde hair, which is down to her neck.

John and Joan, both aged 76, were last seen in the seaside town of Clacton, Essex, on Thursday, March 27, where they had been with family

A general view of the seaside town of Clacton in Essex where John and Joan were last seen 

Inspector Charlotte Lee, of Dorset Police, said: ‘We understand it is very out of character for John and Joan to go missing like this, so we are keen to find them and make sure they are all right.

‘I would urge anyone with information regarding their whereabouts to please make contact with us immediately. We also want to encourage anyone who comes across the vehicle described above to please report it to police.

‘Finally, I would like to make an appeal directly to John and Joan if you see this to please make contact with us or your family and let us know where you are. We all just want to check that you are OK.’

Anyone with information or knowledge as to John and Joan’s whereabouts is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk or by calling 101, quoting occurrence number 55250044523.