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| Parents make 1979 abduction plea | Parents make 1979 abduction plea |
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| The parents of a teenager abducted from London 30 years ago have made a new appeal for information about his fate. | |
| Martin Allen, 15, was last seen at King's Cross Tube station making his way home from school in November 1979. | Martin Allen, 15, was last seen at King's Cross Tube station making his way home from school in November 1979. |
| A witness saw a man with his arm around a boy who resembled Martin at a nearby Tube station later that day but no trace of the teenager was ever found. | A witness saw a man with his arm around a boy who resembled Martin at a nearby Tube station later that day but no trace of the teenager was ever found. |
| His mother Eileen Allen, 81, said: "We just want to know what happened so we can have some final closure." | His mother Eileen Allen, 81, said: "We just want to know what happened so we can have some final closure." |
| 'Don't try to run' | 'Don't try to run' |
| Mrs Allen and her husband Tom, 85, from Bordon, Hampshire, admit they have lost hope of seeing their son again. | Mrs Allen and her husband Tom, 85, from Bordon, Hampshire, admit they have lost hope of seeing their son again. |
| They said they fear they may die before his body is discovered. | They said they fear they may die before his body is discovered. |
| Mr Allen said he still "breaks down" in tears on the anniversary of his son's disappearance, on his birthday and when he hears music that Martin loved. | Mr Allen said he still "breaks down" in tears on the anniversary of his son's disappearance, on his birthday and when he hears music that Martin loved. |
| Mrs Allen said: "My biggest wish is to have a meeting of the family and a remembrance service, not a funeral, but a service so we can put our memories away." | Mrs Allen said: "My biggest wish is to have a meeting of the family and a remembrance service, not a funeral, but a service so we can put our memories away." |
| The teenager went missing as he travelled home from school to pick up some money to take to his older brother Bob in Holloway on 5 November 1979. | The teenager went missing as he travelled home from school to pick up some money to take to his older brother Bob in Holloway on 5 November 1979. |
| Eileen and Tom Allen fear they may die before their son's body is discovered | Eileen and Tom Allen fear they may die before their son's body is discovered |
| Martin left a friend at a foot tunnel leading onto the southbound Piccadilly line platform at King's Cross station at about 1550 GMT. This was the last definite sighting of him. | Martin left a friend at a foot tunnel leading onto the southbound Piccadilly line platform at King's Cross station at about 1550 GMT. This was the last definite sighting of him. |
| After a TV appeal later that year a Tube passenger said he saw a man and a boy acting suspiciously at Gloucester Road Tube station about half an hour after Martin disappeared. | After a TV appeal later that year a Tube passenger said he saw a man and a boy acting suspiciously at Gloucester Road Tube station about half an hour after Martin disappeared. |
| The man was standing with his arm around the boy, who resembled Martin, and both appeared nervous as they got onto a Tube train. | The man was standing with his arm around the boy, who resembled Martin, and both appeared nervous as they got onto a Tube train. |
| As the pair left the train at Earls Court station the man said to the boy: "Don't try to run." | As the pair left the train at Earls Court station the man said to the boy: "Don't try to run." |
| Police continue to investigate Martin's disappearance following a review in 2006 but they admit they have no new leads. | Police continue to investigate Martin's disappearance following a review in 2006 but they admit they have no new leads. |
| They have also been unable to find any of Martin's possessions, which included his school books, lunchbox and part of a model railway. | They have also been unable to find any of Martin's possessions, which included his school books, lunchbox and part of a model railway. |
| Mr Allen said his son would have contacted them if he was alive because he would not have wanted his parents to worry. | Mr Allen said his son would have contacted them if he was alive because he would not have wanted his parents to worry. |
| He said: "There must be someone out there who knows a tiny little bit but has never said anything. | He said: "There must be someone out there who knows a tiny little bit but has never said anything. |
| "They could be the answer we are looking for to help our family come to a bit of rest instead of always saying, 'I wonder what did happen?'" | "They could be the answer we are looking for to help our family come to a bit of rest instead of always saying, 'I wonder what did happen?'" |