From Despair To...Where?
Richey has been gone for 4018 days.
In terms of the work I do, I've never been late for anything. I've never missed a flight, I'm not undisciplined. I'm not a member of Happy Mondays or Primal Scream or whatever. I'm always on time. I haven't got many things to cling to, but I cling to that." - Richey, October 1994
This is my razorblade necklace that I gave him in 1994.He wore it on the Holy Bible album cover shooting.
I hope you are very happy wherever you are.
January: the Manic Street Preachers begin rehearsals for their fourth album. Richey takes £200 a day from his bank account for the two weeks before his disappearance, for a total of £2800.
14 January: Richey and his sister, Rachel, bury their dog of 17 years, Snoopy. It is the last time Rachel sees Richey.
Mid-January: Richey attends a show in Newport. This is the last time he is seen at a public event.
23 January: Richey gives his last ever interview, for the Japanese magazine, Music Life, with Midori Tsukagoshi.
23 January: Richey sees his parents for the last time.
29-30 January: The Manic Street Preachers spend these days rehearsing for their upcoming tour of America.
31 January: Richey talks to his mother for the last time. He tells her that he isn't really looking forward to going to America.
31 January: Richey and James check into the London Embassy hotel on Bayswater Road in London in preparation for leaving for their promotional tour of America the next day.
1 February: 7 AM (GMT): Richey checks out of the Embassy hotel, and is never seen again. It is certain that he drives to his apartment in Cardiff where he leaves some things before driving away again. By some accounts, he does not enter Wales for eight hours after leaving the hotel. Meanwhile, James goes on to America, believing Richey might return after a few days.
2 February: Martin Hall, the Manic Street Preachers' manager, files a missing person report on Richey with the Metropolitan (London) police. Richey's family places an advert in their local paper. It reads: "Richard, please make contact. Love Mum, Dad and Rachel". The advert runs for three days.
February: Sometime during the two weeks following his leaving the Embassy Hotel in London, Richey is supposedly spotted at the passport office in Newport.
5 February: David Cross, a fan from Mid-Glamorgan, supposedly sees Richey at the Newport bus station.
7 February: Anthony Hatherhall, a taxi driver from Newport, supposedly picks up Richey from the King's hotel in Newport, and drives him around the valleys, including Blackwood. The passenger gets off at the Severn View service station and pays the £68 fare in cash.
14 February: Richey's Vauxhall Cavalier arrives at the (Aust) Severn service station.
15 February: the South Wales police issue a public statement about Richey's disappearance. Also, Richey's father, Graham Edwards, appears on Cardiff's Red Dragon Radio, to appeal to Richey to get in touch. The Manic Street Preachers issue an official band statement.
17 February: Richey's Vauxhall Cavalier is reported abandoned at the (Aust) Severn service station.
May: the Manic Street Preachers and Graham and Sheila Edwards, Richey's parents, meet to decide about continuing the group.
29 December: the Manic Street Preachers make their first public appearance since Richey's disappearance, as support for The Stone Roses at Wembley Arena.
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