Just proceeding a little more with the Summer of 1976, we heard from other witnesses about it. Ernie Shaw, who dealt with the incident in April of 1975. He said he recalled being told of Carol's disappearance. It may have been in September or October of 1976, although in his statement to the police he said that Park had let him know about the disappearance three to four weeks later. Later than what of course is the question, and that does not seem to have been said in the statement. He said he had heard about her going before her disappearance had been reported in the local press however. Mr. Park had never asked Mr. Shaw whether he had heard from Carol in the course of the Summer.
Ivor Price and Maureen Price said they had no enquiries from Mr. Park about his missing wife. They had been told about it on the Saturday morning in the September of that year, as he put it, Mr. Price put it, two days before the school was about to restart. Mr. Price gave some detail of the conversation. He said they spoke in the kitchen at the Price home. Mr. Park had said Carol was missing. He was confident, that was the word. He did not say left home. Missing was the word. Mr. Park had told him that she had been missing for six weeks. He had asked whether Mr. Park had told anybody else, and Mr. Park had replied no. He told Mr. Price about agreeing with Carol to take the children to Blackpool. Carol had said "She is not well, but he had decided to take the trip nonetheless. On return Mr. Park told Mr. Price Carol had not been there. He had heard nothing from her. For his own part Mr. Price told us he had heard nothing from Carol. He could not recall, however, whether Mr. Park had asked him whether he had heard. Mr. Price asked Gordon Park whether he had told the police, and Mr. Park responded he had not done so, but he agreed to do so immediately.