Someone out there knows who murdered 24-year-old Kyle Vaughan and his family are begging for answers
Police have renewed an appeal to find out what happened to a popular and “larger than life” man who disappeared more than a decade ago. Kyle Vaughan, from Newbridge in Caerphilly[1] county, left his home on Sunday, December 30, 2012, and never returned. Kyle’s silver Peugeot 306 was in a single-vehicle crash on the A467 between Crosskeys and Risca on the day of his disappearance.
What followed was one of the biggest police searches Wales has seen, but who was responsible for the murder still remains a mystery. Detective Chief Superintendent Nicky Brain said: “Our investigation into what happened to Kyle that night in December remains very much active. Eleven years on, we remain in contact with Kyle’s family…
Unfortunately, though, we still don’t have the answers we need and Kyle’s family so desperately want.” Police have searched around 40 areas, interviewed more than 200 people, received more than 180 intelligence logs and taken nearly 900 witness statements. The missing person enquiry eventually became a murder investigation.
Kyle’s family told WalesOnline[2] in 2021 that he was a “family-orientated, larger than life, fun-loving young man” who was nicknamed Jabbers. The former Cwmcarn High School[3] pupil was a keen rock music fan and had many friends. He regularly attended legendary Newport[4] venue TJs where he would put on gigs and book bands from as far afield as Germany.
At the time of his disappearance he was working for Unilever in production technology.
Kyle Vaughan disappeared in December 2012 (Image: Gwent Police)
Speaking about his 24-year-old son, Alan Lucas said in 2021: “When it came to work Kyle always tried to give 110% all the time and if he was stuck he would give me a call and I would tell him what to do. If Kyle was still here he would be going round the world now. Kyle was a party animal and he loved astonishing us.
He did a lot of charity work for cancer charities because of his mum and he was very brainy with computers. He also taught himself to play drums. He had a charisma about him with all his friends and he was like a magnet.”
Kyle was 5ft 8ins tall, with short dark hair and brown eyes. Police believe that when he went missing he was wearing a dark beanie hat, dark t-shirt, three-quarter length denim shorts, white trainers and gold chain. Det Chief Supt Brain said: “Any information we receive from members of the public is recorded and investigated.
We’re still keen to receive any information that may assist our enquiries, however minor you may feel it is. Anyone with any information can call us on 101, send us a direct message on social media, or alternatively, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”
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