News / Jack O’Sullivan
Jack’s mother calls life a ‘rollercoaster from hell’ since his disappearance
Seven months after the mysterious disappearance of Jack O’Sullivan, his mother lives on in what she called a “strange world”.
“We are so used to being such a close family,” Catherine O’Sullivan said on an appearance on BBC One’s Crimewatch.
“Nothing makes sense. Nobody can tell me where he is or what’s happened. It’s a rollercoaster from hell.
is needed now More than ever
“Until somebody can tell me where Jack is, I have to believe somehow he is somewhere.
“And I’m not going to stop looking until I get an answer.”
23-year-old Jack O’Sullivan from Flax Bourton has not been seen since a night out in Hotwells on March 2 – photo: family
The BPP Law School student went missing in March after attending a house party in Hotwells.
Catherine recalled her last moments with Jack before his disappearance: “The last time I saw Jack is very vivid in my mind because he drove me to meet our friends and was full of laughter, full of banter, gave me a kiss.
“That moment is fixed in my mind because he had a big smile on his face.
“I don’t know where Jack is, but I can’t accept that I’m not going to see him. I just have to stick with that belief until somebody can tell me anything else.
“I have to kind of live with that tiny bit of hope that it’s all going to be okay.”
Jack attended Clifton College before graduating from the University of Exeter and moving back to Bristol to continue his studies – photo: family
There have been several appeals by Avon & Somerset Police and Catherine to get any possible leads about Jack’s whereabouts after his last confirmed sighting walking on the grass area at the junction of Brunel Lock Way in Brunel Way.
Speaking on Crimewatch on Monday morning, detective inspector Jason Chidgey said: “It was particularly a cold night, after a mild week in Bristol. I mean it snowed. So it would’ve been very cold, it would’ve been icy and there was snow on the ground.
“Bristol City played Cardiff that afternoon, the day that Jack was last seen so we’re hoping that those two events can trigger something and somebody might come forward and provide us with some information.”
People have been urged to check CCTV footage, dash cam footage or doorbell footage from the night to see if they can spot something that might be of help in the investigation. Any information can be shared on 08000 468 999.
Main photo: BBC
Read next:
Our top newsletters emailed directly to you
