Police search former home of Kenneth Jones, almost 30 years after his disappearance
Police searching for a Fife man who disappeared almost 30 years ago have carried out fresh investigations around his home.
Kenneth vanished in November 1998, aged 18. Today he would be 46.
The teenager was last seen around 10.30pm on November 2 of that year, and his family reported him missing two days later, but have heard nothing from him since then.
On Thursday, officers from Police Scotland’s Major Investigation team confirmed it was conducting enquiries at Ancrum Court, Kenneth’s home address at the time of his disappearance.
Detective Chief Inspector Jonathan Pleasance said: “Officers from Police Scotland’s Major Investigation Teams are leading the re-investigation with the assistance of numerous resources, including divisional officers and expert witnesses. Our searches at Ancrum Court form part of our investigation as we work to find any new information that could assist our enquiries.
"We remain committed to establishing the full circumstances of what happened to Kenneth and we are keeping an open mind. I would appeal to anyone who may have any information, no matter how small it may seem, to come forward.”
DCI Pleasance said it was “essential” police find out what happened to Kenneth, whose disappearance now spans three decades - arguably the longest running missing person’s case in Fife.
When reported missing in 1998, Kenneth, a former pupil at the town’s Glenwood High School, was described as white, 6ft 2in tall, with short, dark-brown hair. When last seen, he was wearing a black leather zip-up jacket, black jeans, and yellow and green trainers.
His case has been reviewed over the years, and several major appeals made for information in a bid to make a breakthrough. His 19th birthday in 1999 was marked with an emotional call from his family to come home, and his photo also appeared on milk cartons as part of the missing person’s case.
In 2016, the charity Missing People issued an e-fit of how Kenneth could look at 36 years old, twice the age he was when he vanished.
Police reviewed the case in 2024 and passed the case on to the Major Investigation Team last December.