Police review case of Lee Boxell who vanished 38 years ago 'after defying paedo'

EXCLUSIVE: Police review case of Lee Boxell who vanished 38 years ago 'after defying paedo'Lee Boxell's disappearance is being re-examined by the Met Police Cold Case Unit, offering his family a "last chance" for answers nearly 40 years after the teen vanished in 1988NewsCally Brooks Features Writer14:21, 17 Apr 2026Updated 14:24, 17 Apr 2026View 8 ImagesLee Boxell was 15 at the time of his disappearance(Image: PA)Nearly four decades after 15-year-old Lee Boxell vanished without a trace, the bedroom in his family home remains frozen in time - and his parents refuse to change their number in case he calls.‌Now, in what his 79-year-old father Peter calls a "last chance" for the truth, the Metropolitan Police has officially reopened the investigation into one of UK's most haunting cold cases.‌The dedicated Cold Case Review Team is set to pore over a "room full of documents" to finally uncover what happened to the football-mad teenager who disappeared in 1988.‌The fresh probe will apply modern forensic techniques to old evidence - including a watch found years ago - as investigators revisit a sinister network of grooming and abuse linked to an outbuilding at a local church.READ MORE: Half-siblings' secret relationship uncovered after police order DNA test for childREAD MORE: Bride's sister-in-law throws black paint over wedding dress in 'revenge attack'View 8 ImagesLee's parents Peter and Christine have never given up hope(Image: Adam Gerrard / Daily Mirror)Lee's father, Peter Boxell, now 79, said the fresh probe offers a final opportunity for answers after years of heartbreak and uncertainty. "It's a last chance to find out what happened to Lee," he tells the Mirror. "The Cold Case Review Team will be going through everything that the police has on the files, which is a whole room of documents to check everything was done properly.‌"It's a last chance for us to...