Always an empty space': The heartbreak of Christmas without a missing loved one
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Inside the cold case team fighting to make sure no missing person is ever forgotten
Sifting through decades-old files and harnessing the reach of social media, a little-known unit in the West Midlands has solved more than 240 missing person cold cases in just three and a half years.