More than 400 people have joined the search to find a former BBC Radio editor who disappeared during a walk on New Year’s Eve.
Aled Glynne Davies, 65, was last seen at his home in Cardiff after a meal out with his wife Afryl Davies.
The father of two went for a walk around 11.30pm and did not return home. His children said it is likely he did not take his regular medication with him and may be ‘vulnerable’ as a result.
The Davies family said on Sunday that Aled’s disappearance was ‘very uncharacteristic’ of him as they made an appeal for information.
South Wales Police are searching for Aled Glynne Davies, 65, who disappeared from Cardiff on New Year’s Eve around 11.30pm. He was wearing a dark green coat, hat and glasses (pictured above) at the time of his disappearance
Aled and Afryl went out to eat at Uisce seafood restaurant in Pontcanna on Saturday evening, their daughter Gwenllian Glyn has revealed. The couple left the venue at around 10.36pm and walked to their Pitman Street home. After arriving at home around 11.30pm, Aled left for a walk on his own and has not been seen since
Aled and Afryl went out to eat at Uisce seafood restaurant in the Pontcanna area of the Welsh capital on Saturday evening, their daughter Gwenllian Glyn has revealed.
The couple left the venue around 10.36pm and walked to their Pitman Street home.
After arriving at home around 11.30pm, Aled left for a walk on his own and has not been seen since. He was wearing a dark green coat, hat and glasses at the time of his disappearance.
The former BBC employee is six-foot tall and has a curved spine, resulting in a hunchback posture and a ‘shuffle when he walks’.
‘He tends to walk slowly. This could be handy when looking at CCTV,’ his daughter added.
Gwenllian also said her father ‘needs medication urgently’.
Aled (left) was last seen at his home in Cardiff, Wales, after a meal out with his wife Afryl Davies (right). The couple are pictured with their son, Gruff (centre)
More than 400 people turned up on Sunday to help search for Aled (pictured) in Pontcanna, Penarth and Cardiff Bay. Efforts to find Aled continued yesterday, including water searches, but have been unsuccessful so far
Anyone with information about Aled’s whereabouts is asked to contact South Wales Police on 101, quoting 2300000314
Aled’s daughter Gwenllian has also encouraged locals to check buildings, churches and outbuildings to see if he has ‘found somewhere to keep warm’
She has asked anyone with information about Aled’s whereabouts to contact South Wales Police on 101, quoting 2300000314.
She has also encouraged locals to check buildings, churches and outbuildings to see if ‘Dad’s found somewhere to keep warm’.
The appeal to find Aled has been shared widely on social media and throughout the Cardiff community.
More than 400 people turned up on Sunday to help search for him in Pontcanna, Penarth and Cardiff Bay, WalesOnline reported.
Efforts to find Aled continued yesterday, including water searches, but have been unsuccessful so far.
A spokesman told the newspaper the Davies family has been ‘overwhelmed’ by the community’s response and ‘staggering’ willingness to help.
The family says search efforts are being supported by the Civil Aid Voluntary Rescue Association (CAVRA) and locals with trained sniffer dogs.
Meantime, South Wales Police is checking CCTV and looking at Aled’s phone activity for any details that could lead to his location.
Aled served as editor of BBC Radio Cymru – the broadcaster’s Welsh language radio service – between 1995 and 2006.
Aled (pictured) is said to be six-foot tall and have a curved spine, resulting in a hunchback posture and a ‘shuffle when he walks’. His family said he ‘needs medication urgently’
He is credited with successful relaunching the network and spearheading changes at the station that helped appeal to a new, younger audience.
Before serving his role as Radio Cymru editor, Aled was the station’s news editor. He also served as a senior producer of the BBC’s TV news service on S4C.
He also led the team that created the broadcaster’s first-ever Welsh language website, BBC Cymru’r Byd.
After leaving the BBC Aled and his wife, a former teacher, established Goriad Cyfyngedig in 2007 which produces television and radio programmes.
The company also facilitates conferences, workshops and courses relevant to the media industry.
Additionally, Aled has acted as a radio and TV juror for Bafta Cymru, the Wales Media Awards and the Celtic Media Festival.
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