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group associated with her husband's disappearance. The group had attracted over 100,000 people and offered up lots of information, but
Rachael MacColl said that it just reminded her of what she and her children had lost. By that point, it had been over a year since the family had last seen Timothy
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walked the route that the taxi should have taken between the Rock Bottom Café and the location of the ship's berth and also talked to local people in the area. The port area was searched by divers, dogs and helicopters with heat-seeking equipment, but nothing was found. The police in Dubai
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was berthed, and drowned. This is what they have recorded on his death certificate. However, a new theory came to light when new witnesses recalled seeing another taxi turn up at the ship with MacColl getting in and returning to Dubai.
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prevented MacColl's shipmates from wearing yellow ribbons as a tribute to their missing co-worker. Rachael MacColl and Neil
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was docked was about 15 minutes. He never made it on board the ship and there have been possible sightings of MacColl getting into a taxi at 3:00 am local time to head back into Bur Dubai.
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