Father of girl missing since 1981 to meet minister
A father whose daughter disappeared more than 43 years ago has been promised a meeting with a government minister in the hope of getting answers.
Richard Lee's daughter Katrice went missing on her second birthday near a British military base in Paderborn, , in 1981 and for decades he has criticised the Government and Army's handling of the case.
Hartlepool MP Jonathan Brash raised the case at Prime Minister Questions on Wednesday and said the family had faced "barriers" in the quest for the truth.
The case is being handled by the Royal Military Police's long-term investigation unit and ex-soldier Mr Lee said he hoped "to get answers" with his MP's .
Brash told PM Keir Starmer that investigators and successive governments had thrown up "barrier after barrier to justice" and failed to get answers.
"I'm a father on a mission and I want answers to what has happened to my daughter," Mr Lee told BBC Radio Tees.
Family photoOne theory explored by investigators was that Katrice may have drowned in a nearby river.
However, Mr Lee said: "One of the questions that I asked and I still ask is who made the conscious decision that my daughter had walked to the river, fallen in and drowned?
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