The 32-year-old disappeared on December 10, 2019, having last been seen on CCTV walking towards Albert Park on Park Road South at 11.38pm. Natalie had been captured on camera earlier that day at 7.20pm on Westbury Street in Thornaby, where she lived, and was believed go to Middlesbrough from there. “I am begging people to come forward, someone knows what has happened to Natalie and if they come forward and tell police, I would help them. After the murder investigation was launched by police, the coming months saw detectives search Natalie’s Thornaby home. In the years following her disappearance, several police were arrested in connection with the murder investigation.