Torment of wife of missing dad as trolls and 'social media detectives fuel speculation'
05.03.2023 - 10:33
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'Social media detectives' suggesting 'third party involvement' in the disappearance of a much-loved Salford dad are 'fuelling speculation', his devastated wife has said.
55-year-old Peter Baglin, from Boothstown, vanished almost ten weeks ago after going out for an evening walk along the Bridgewater Canal to 'clear his head'. He was spotted on CCTV cameras in a local petrol station, on the East Lancashire Road, buying a small bottle of whiskey. On a phone call minutes later, he assured wife Michelle he would be home soon - but he never returned.
Among hundreds of messages of support and goodwill, Michelle, his partner of almost 30 years, has also had to contend with a number of vile comments from trolls in recent weeks, some of which suggested Peter 'may have cheated' and 'doesn't want to be found'.
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She has also slammed those who are sharing their own videos online, with one YouTuber suggesting a possible 'third party' being involved in his 'strange' disappearance.
The emergence of 'social media detectives' echoes the recent case of tragic mum Nicola Bulley, who went missing in Lancashire before her body was recovered from the River Wyre weeks later.
Lancashire Police had previously hit out at a number TikTok sleuths who had been seen regularly filming near the location of where Nicola Bulley was last seen, sharing various conspiracies in posts online. It prompted police to implement dispersal orders in the area and council chiefs to slam acts of 'social media idiocy'.
"These people say they are social media detectives, but it hasn't sat very well with me and it is not helpful at all. It is giving false information