Alex Sloley had been staying at a friend's house in Edmonton. He left there around noon on 2nd August 2008 to return home for his birthday, but never arrived.

When he disappeared, he had little money and no change of clothes. Alex did not have his passport with him.

He had a mobile phone with him, but it stopped connecting when he went missing. His disappearance was uncharacteristic.

Police found nothing to indicate where Sloley may have gone.

“It’s like he disappeared off the face of the planet,”