THE aunt of a missing 22-year-old has appealed to members of the public to share posts on social media as she claimed "someone knows something." 

The police helicopter and mountain rescue teams have been out searching for Luke, who was last seen in Yarm in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Police are asking for dashcam footage and private CCTV in the hunt for Luke, who was outside The Keys on Yarm High Street before going up towards Osbournes.

He was then last seen near Yarm School at about 2.15am on Saturday, January 26 wearing black jeans and a grey polo top.

Today, more than 100 people turned out at Yarm School, which had been designated as a meeting point, to help assist in the search for Mr Jobson.

Speaking to The Northern Echo, Mr Jobson's aunt, Kelly Jane Jobson said: "Someone knows something and I want them scared."

She added: "I want people not to be scared to put pressure on."

"If anyone can look in wheelie bins, industrial bins, clothes banks, everywhere, under bushes, in trees - anything, any area.

"If you can put your mind to where you might hide or (might) have been taken. Any horrible, disgusting area needs checking.

"(Luke) is not a fighter, he is a very, very calm lad. If anyone has got him or knows where he is, don't be scared now because it doesn't matter as long as he can come back.

"Don't be scared to bring him or drop him off somewhere." 

Earlier today, a spokesperson for the school offered reassurances that the grounds of Yarm School had already been searched "at least four times."

The spokesperson also dissuaded physical searching of private school grounds, citing child protection laws.

“At the moment we are a live school with 700 to 800 children,” said the spokesperson.

“I don’t think anyone will achieve anything but we will cooperate if you want to satisfy your own minds.”

The search efforts have been assisted by an ex-policewoman, Kate Shaw who took down contact details from each of the 18 groups of searchers.

She told us: “I’ve asked people to let us know when they’ve searched the area.” 

A Cleveland Police spokesperson later confirmed to The Echo that two men, aged 16 and 18, had come forward in connection to the investigation and will be interviewed in due course.

They said: "Police continue to search for Luke in and around Yarm and are following a number of lines of inquiry including house to house inquiries, checking local CCTV systems and asking domestic users to check theirs in case anything which could help has been captured.

"We are aware of commentary, various rumours and speculation on social media but at this stage our priority is to find Luke and reunite him with his family.

"We appreciate this is a very worrying and distressing time for Luke’s family and friends and we completely understand they want to do all they can to find Luke, we would however ask for everyone’s co-operation and understanding while professionally trained officers continue to carry out safe, effective searches rather than potentially putting themselves in danger in publicly organised searches."

  • Detectives are appealing for taxi drivers and other drivers in the area between 2am and 3am on January 26 to check any dashcam footage and those who live in Yarm to check private CCTV.
  • Anyone with information or who has seen Luke is asked to call Cleveland Police on the non-emergency number 101.