Student 'killed for windfall' fears

Humberside Police are leading the search for Russell Bohling
12 April 2012

The family of an 18-year-old student who has been missing for two months have said they believe he may have been murdered by someone who found out about a £300,000 windfall he was about to receive.

Russell Bohling, from West Ella, near Hull, disappeared in March before he received the payment his father had agreed to make to help set him up in business.

Now his family fear he may have been killed by someone who found out about the cash.

Mr Bohling was last seen on March 2. His car was found in a car park at Bempton Cliffs, near Bridlington, East Yorkshire, with a ticket on it covering a day's parking.

He was studying bricklaying at Bishop Burton College, near Beverley.

His father, Roger, 57, said: "The family fully understands, in conducting their inquiries, the police had at the outset to keep an open mind but, having carefully and at length reviewed with senior police officers what is known about the events of Tuesday March 2, the family are satisfied that Russell left home that morning to travel to Bishop Burton College with the intention of returning home later that night.

"We believe that he met someone he knew and trusted that morning and subsequently lost his life, probably having being murdered by that person."

Chief Superintendent Paul Davison, who is overseeing the investigation, said the case was still being treated as a missing person inquiry but he was keeping an "open mind".

Mr Davison said: "From the first day of the investigation we have kept an open mind as to what has happened to Russell.

"Russell's disappearance is totally out of character and, at a time in his life when he was doing so well academically and personally, and it is difficult to understand why he may have left voluntarily or wanted to kill himself."

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