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Mark Anthony Tildesley (31 August 1976 - 1 June 1984) was an English schoolboy who disappeared, at the age of seven, on 1 June 1984, whilst visiting a fair in his home town of Wokingham in Berkshire.〔 〕 A widespread search was promptly conducted in the Wokingham area, involving both police officers and British Army soldiers. But no trace of Tildesley was ever discovered. As part of the investigation a national poster campaign was launched, with one displayed in every police station in the country. Tildesley's disappearance was publicised in the local ''Wokingham Times'' and also featured prominently in national newspapers. ''The Times'', the ''Daily Mail'' and the ''Daily Mirror'' all covered the story, and the case appeared in ITV's ''Thames News''. The disappearance was mentioned on the first ever episode of BBC ''Crimewatch UK'' in 1984, and a full reconstruction was aired on the same programme a year later. Despite a huge public response, however, these efforts brought little concrete evidence. In 1989 Tildesley’s disappearance was linked to the Operation Orchid investigation into missing children. As part of this operation, in 1990 it emerged that, on the night he disappeared, Tildesley had been abducted, drugged, tortured, raped and murdered by a London-based paedophile gang, led by Sidney Cooke. Another man named Leslie Bailey was charged with murder in 1991 and the following year was given two life sentences. He was himself murdered in prison in 1993.〔(Operation Orchid (Aug ’89 – Oct ’92) )〕 A memorial service was held and a memorial bench was placed at the entrance to the fairground site. A headstone was also placed in a nearby burial ground.〔(Brave mum dies without finding murdered son Mark Tildesley )〕 Tildesley's body has never been found and the murder is Wokingham's most notorious unsolved crime.〔(Brave mum dies without finding murdered son Mark Tildesley )〕 Thames Valley Police initially thought his body was buried within a mile of Wellington Road in Wokingham, the location of the fair from which he was abducted, but they now believe that his body was probably buried in a shallow grave on abandoned farmland.〔(Paedophile’s confession opens missing Mark file (19.12.90) )〕 ==Background and disappearance== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murder of Mark Tildesley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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