Lisa Brown was 32yrs old when she went missing on 4 November 2015. She was last seen in her home at San Roque near the resort of Sotogrande in Spain. Lisa is originally from Alexandria, Dumbarton in Scotland and moved to Spain to live and work. Authorities were alerted four days later when she failed to collect her 8yr old son from school. Early evidence suggested there had been a violence episode at her home before she disappeared.

Her former boyfriend, Simon Corner was interviewed about her disappearance, but then fled the country. Following his release from custody, he was not seen around the marinas he frequented to work on yachts. Extensive searches of land and sea were performed by Spain’s Civil Guard. Her home was immediately sealed off for forensic teams to carry out DNA analysis. They also enlisted the Royal Gibraltar Police to help with the investigation.

The Civil Guard’s consensus is that her former boyfriend, Simon Corner abducted and murdered her. Her devastated family in Scotland travelled to Spain to help with the searches and liaise with the Foreign Office. They are also being helped by the Scottish Government. 

Simon Corner was subsequently arrested in April 2016 in Denmark and immediately extradited to Spain. He was imprisoned but later released. Other members of the community are also on the Civil Guard radar & have been arrested regarding Lisa’s disappearance.

Lisa’s family continue to campaign to find out what happened to her, but in their hearts believe she was murdered and buried on land or dumped at sea. They are totally devastated and have been tirelessly fundraising, including a football match and climbing Ben Lomond in Scotland to raise a substantial amount to offer a reward.

At the end of 2017, the main suspect broke his bail conditions that resulted in the issue of a European Arrest Warrant. In March of this year, the family renewed their appeal offering a staggering £100,000 reward supported by Crimestoppers, Home Office and Guardia Civil. Only a month later, the said suspect was arrested as he got off a flight at Heathrow Airport. The expectation was that he would be extradited to Spain to face trial for Lisa’s disappearance. In a dramatic turn of events, days later the judge archived the case against him quoting insufficient evidence and no charges were made for his six months on the run!

In recent weeks, Lisa’s family were successful in their appeal to the High Court to have the case against the main suspect re-opened. The judge’s decision will be based on mobile phone data analysis.

If you have any information or corroborative evidence that could help the investigation, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 (UK) or 900 555 111 (Spain).

Alternatively, please contact Lucie Blackman Trust. From the UK call their freephone information line on 0800 098 8485. From overseas call +44800 098 8485 or email any information to ops@lbtrust.org. 

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