Murder of Mark Tildesley

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Mark Anthony Tildesley (31 August 1976 – c. 1 June 1984) was a seven-year-old English child who disappeared on 1 June 1984 while visiting a funfair in Wokingham, Berkshire. A widespread search of the Wokingham area, involving both police officers and British Army soldiers, did not locate him. Thames Valley Police initially suspected that his body was buried near Wellington Road in Wokingham, near the funfair from which he was abducted, but were later reported to believe that he was probably buried in a shallow grave on abandoned farmland. To publicise Tildesley's disappearance, a national poster campaign was launched, with one displayed in every police station in the country. The disappearance was publicised in national news and was featured in the premiere episode Crimewatch UK. Despite a massive public response, however, Tildesley was still not located. In 1989, Tildesley's disappearance was linked to the Operation Orchid investigation into missing children. In 1990, as part of this investigation...

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