Noah Donohoe

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Noah Donohoe, 14, has been missing in north Belfast since Sunday and the PSNI believe he may have suffered a head injury after falling off his bike. Searches are underway.

The_Fitz

Can't stop thinking about this 14 year old wee boy. Missing in Belfast since Sunday. Story is he cycled from his house in South Belfast up to North Belfast (where he goes to school), a witness has said they saw him fall off the bike and hit his head. The next thing is he has got rid of his clothes and is cycling naked near Seaview on the Shore Road. Last spotted in a heavily built up area around 6pm on a bright Sunday evening. Nobody has any idea where he could be and hundreds from accross both communities have scoured the area. PSNI and S&R teams leading it at the minute.



The PSNI has appealed to the public to search their homes, gardens and outbuildings for signs of missing schoolboy Noah Donohoe.

Superintendent Muir Clark thanked the public for their help in a widespread search as thousands of volunteers continued to hunt for the Year 10 pupil who has been missing from his home in since Sunday.

Officers believe Noah Donohoe may have fallen from his bicycle and sustained an injury causing him to remove his clothing before he was last seen in areas close to the Shore Road.

A number of items belonging to the teenager, including his bicycle and some clothing, have been found.

Superintendent Clark asked people to now search their own properties in north Belfast. "I really need people to check their own property, we are looking for a young, slim 14-year-old boy," he said, speaking from Musgrave Police Station where Noah's mother Fiona and aunts Niamh and Shona were also present.

"Check your gardens, sheds and outbuildings for any sign of Noah. If you have a car or a caravan that hasn't been used for some time which is siting in your driveway, please check it to see if Noah is there."

"If anyone has clothing which has gone missing from your washing line over the past few days, you need to call us."

Superintendent Clark made a direct appeal to Noah to call them if he is able to do so, reassuring him he was not in any trouble. He asked Noah's friends to contact the police with any information, now matter how small.

"If any of Noah's friends known anything that might help us, you are not in any trouble, it's just to help us find him. If you are a landlord or you own a vacant property ion this area, please check your property for sign of Noah," he said.

It comes after Noah's devastated mother Fiona pleaded for “just one person” to come forward with information that could lead to her son’s safe return home.

Fiona Donohoe has issued a fervent appeal for her 14-year-old son, an only child and St Malachy's pupil, on the third day after his disappearance.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/police-appeal-for-public-to-search-homes-gardens-and-unused-vehicles-for-missing-noah-donohoe-39312438.html

Be right back

It's desperate. Poor lad. Hope he turns up safe soon.

The_Fitz

Be right back wrote: »

It's desperate. Poor lad. Hope he turns up safe soon.

What I can't get my head around is someone seeing a child, naked at 6pm in a built up area then nothing.

I fear the worst but also hopeful that if he was that confused that he discarded his clothes that he could be hiding somewhere.

joe40

It is desperately sad, please God he will be found soon.

I have a 14 year old son and I can't imagine the horror they're going through.

Beechwoodspark

Very odd case.

I’m hoping against hope he is found alive and well

Birneybau

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Very odd case.

I’m hoping against hope he is found alive and well

Not that odd. The poor kid obviously suffered a head injury.

The_Fitz

PSNI have said that he discarded all of his clothes as was seen cycling naked but as yet haven't recovered his coat, jogging bottoms and his backpack containing a laptop.

Wonder has someone lifted this gear thinking happy days to themselves and are now *****ing themselves coming forward with them.

Mehaffey1

The_Fitz wrote: »

PSNI have said that he discarded all of his clothes as was seen cycling naked but as yet haven't recovered his coat, jogging bottoms and his backpack containing a laptop.

Wonder has someone lifted this gear thinking happy days to themselves and are now *****ing themselves coming forward with them.

Green North Face Jacket would be expensive and very stylish, could easily see it being lifted in the manner you described.

Backpack also contained a book, 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Petersen according to the Newsletter website. Distinctive modern cover on it too. Laptop missing is a Lenovo.

MrMusician18

Birneybau wrote: »

Not that odd. The poor kid obviously suffered a head injury.

Surely it's odd that no one intervened when they saw a 14 year old cycling with no clothes on?

Bystander effect possibly?

Immortal Starlight

What I keep thinking when I heard he took off his clothes is would he head for water next. I don’t know the area and I don’t know if there’s any river or lake nearby. I don’t know who alerted the police that they saw Noah cycling around naked and walking away naked and why they didn’t keep him in sight until the police arrived. It had to be obvious there was something terribly wrong. Thinking about Noah a lot and hopefully he will be found safe soon.

Real Life

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Surely it's odd that no one intervened when they saw a 14 year old cycling with no clothes on?

Bystander effect possibly?

To be honest, if I saw a young lad cycle past me naked, Id probably think its very strange but wouldnt do anything about it.

The_Fitz

Search entering it's 6th day this morning.

joe40

The_Fitz wrote: »

Search entering it's 6th day this morning.

It is not looking good for the lad, God help the family this is such a heartbreaking story.

ohnonotgmail

just heard that they have found his backpack

gmisk

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

just heard that they have found his backpack

And his laptop

The_Fitz

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

just heard that they have found his backpack

Seems to be after a call from the public. As I guessed earlier, it could be that someone has lifted it and kept quiet.

Still not found his jacket.

This is horrific. His poor parents.

irishproduce

Maybe I am not following correctly but the news reports are just confusing.
Is it suspected he has been abducted or that he is confused from a head trauma and wandered off somewhere?

sugarman20

It's looking like an abduction to me.

Ben Done

sugarman20 wrote: »

It's looking like an abduction to me.

How do you figure that?

Hrududu

irishproduce wrote: »

Maybe I am not following correctly but the news reports are just confusing.
Is it suspected he has been abducted or that he is confused from a head trauma and wandered off somewhere?

Sounds like the latter as they were asking people to check their sheds etc in case he wandered in somewhere

irishproduce

irishproduce wrote: »

Maybe I am not following correctly but the news reports are just confusing.
Is it suspected he has been abducted or that he is confused from a head trauma and wandered off somewhere?

I think the police feel that he’s still local somewhere- he travelled to a location in Belfast on his bike that he had no apparent reason to be there- they’re interested now in his laptop as they believe that may shed light on why he travelled to that location.
He fell off his bike hit his head and then discarded his clothes backpack and bike- apparently as a result of the head injury sustained. He walked up a street naked in broad daylight and then simply disappeared.

walshb

Bizarre.

Was he seen walking naked in the street? Or did I mishear the news report from yesterday?

Wesser

Feeling very sorry for his family and wishing i could help

dark crystal

Real Life wrote: »

To be honest, if I saw a young lad cycle past me naked, Id probably think its very strange but wouldnt do anything about it.

Maybe, but if I saw someone fall off their bike with such force to sustain a serious head injury, I'd most definitely stop and help him. I would have thought most people would.

Poor guy, I really hope he's found safe and well, but you must think it's not looking likely at this stage

dark crystal

dark crystal wrote: »

Maybe, but if I saw someone fall off their bike with such force to sustain a serious head injury, I'd most definitely stop and help him. I would have thought most people would.

Poor guy, I really hope he's found safe and well, but you must think it's not looking likely at this stage

I just hope they find him. 6 days is a long time with a serious head injury. If he were still disoriented he surely would have wandered into the street again.

There has to be more CCTV footage.

Beasty

Threads merged

My heart goes out to his mother, this is just awful, hoping against hope that he is ok but it's not looking good, it's every parents nightmare.

Beasty

Please only relay information from reliable sources - do not repeat speculation from the likes of Twitter

Please bear in mind that people close to Noah may read threads like this, hoping to glean any information that may be relevant to the search. Speculation over what has happened is inappropriate

Lundstram

Poor kid. Hopefully he didn't suffer.

Be right back

Terrible news. Very sad story.

RIP Noah x

R.I.P. Noah.

dark crystal

Awful news, the poor lad and his family. R.I.P Noah.

DrPhilG

That's as tragic a story as I've heard in a long time.

RIP Noah.

MonsterCookie

RIP

poor lad.

Poochie05

RIP Noah, so sad to hear this news

Immortal Starlight

Awful news. So sorry for poor Noah may he Rest In Peace.

funkey_monkey

Questions for the psni to answer here. Found in same area as he was reported missing.

Terrible for the family.

Class MayDresser

9. 9 is all he was. Out on his bike for a cycle. Makes my chest heavy, RIP Noah.

starbaby2003

This is just heartbreaking. I hate to think that we have become a society that sees a kid cycling naked on a bike and no one stops them to check on their welfare.

antgal23

Catch yourselves on

Fell off his bike, youse having a laugh

Who falls off his bike and goes missing?

Kicked off his bike, kicked into ditch, hid by alocal gang

sugarman20

antgal23 wrote: »

Catch yourselves on

Fell off his bike, youse having a laugh

Who falls off his bike and goes missing?

Kicked off his bike, kicked into ditch, hid by alocal gang

Unfortunately that sounds a lot more realistic.

rapul

Hopefully not. Rip little man

Mysterypunter

Class MayDresser wrote: »

9. 9 is all he was. Out on his bike for a cycle. Makes my chest heavy, RIP Noah.

He was 14, still no age, horrible news RIP.

weldoninhio

antgal23 wrote: »

Catch yourselves on

Fell off his bike, youse having a laugh

Who falls off his bike and goes missing?

Kicked off his bike, kicked into ditch, hid by alocal gang

Did a member of the public not report seeing him fall off his bike??

monty_python

So what happened??
Did he just fall and become disoriented and it took this long to find his body??

I can't get this out of my head, it's one of those incidents that hits you and I know myself and my friends have been thinking and talking about it all week, our hearts broke for him mother after seeing her on the news,the pain in her face was so visible. He was only a baby really, its just heartbreaking.

Bunch of fcuking animals.

He only a kid,what hope have we,if the next generation is carrying on killings aswel

Foweva Awone

Terrible news, whatever happened the child. RIP.