WATCH ABOVE: A British family is making a renewed appeal for any information about their missing son.
VANCOUVER – Nov. 25, 2014, marks the one year anniversary of the disappearance of British tourist Tom Billings. The 22-year-old went missing on Nov. 25, 2013, and was last seen in the 1400-block of East Broadway that morning.
He has not been seen since.
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Billings was an avid hiker and a tip from someone who gave Billings directions to Lynn Headwaters on the North Shore led to an extensive search of the mountains, but with no success. He was slated to to go to the U.S. at the end of November, and return to England on Dec. 7, 2013.
North Shore Rescue has conducted numerous searches for Billings, putting in more than 2,000 hours looking for the young man. Before he passed away, North Shore Rescue leader Tim Jones spent hours of his own time looking for Billings.
“We gave it an incredible effort,” said Jones last year. “We were busy at that time with other search-and-rescue tasks. A lot of our members gave up their Christmas holidays to specifically search for Tom.”
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In January, it was alleged two female hikers may have seen Billings in the Lynn Headwaters area the day he went missing.
Tom’s father, Martin Billings, travelled to Vancouver in the weeks after Billings’ disappearance to make an emotional plea for information. The family has also paid search and rescue crews to keep the search for their son going.
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Billings is described as Caucasian, 5’7″ tall, 160 lbs., with blonde short hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and grey military style pants.
The Vancouver Police Department Missing Persons Unit is asking anyone who believes they saw Tom Billings on Nov. 25, 2013, to contact police.
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