Police today released CCTV of the last known sighting of Martin Lewis‘ ex-colleague before he went missing on his 37th birthday.
Anthony Hill vanished after leaving his home in Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich at around 7.45am on Monday.
The beloved father-of-two daughters, aged six and four, had worked on finance guru Mr Lewis’ MoneySavingExpert website before retraining to become a primary school teacher.
His wife Kayleigh Hill, 36, has helped organised a huge search by concerned locals in Mousehold Heath, and earlier pleaded on Facebook: ‘Anyone who has any spare time to help is so much appreciated, I’ll be out there today we need to find my girls’ daddy.’
New CCTV stills released by police show Mr Hill at the Co-op Store on Sprowston Road at around 10am. Officers believe he then walked towards Mousehold Heath via Gilman Road.
Inspector Adam Binns said: ‘We are concerned for Anthony’s welfare and would like to hear from anyone who may have seen him on Monday morning when we believe he was travelling on foot in the area of Mousehold Heath.
‘Our searches are currently concentrated in this area with specialist search teams including the police drone carrying out extensive searches of the land.’
This CCTV still shows Anthony Hill the day he vanished – his 37th birthday
Mr Hill is pictured at the Co-op store on Sprowston Road at around 10am on Monday
Mr Hill, pictured with his wife Kayleigh before he went missing
Martin Lewis on ITV’s This Morning yesterday. His ex-colleague has gone missing
Mrs Hill shared a heartfelt plea on Facebook to help find her husband
Mrs Hill said on Facebook: ‘Please keep looking, please Ant if you see any of this please come home, it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been gone just come home we love you and need you back’.
Mr Lewis called the news ‘devastating’ and urged his followers on Twitter/X to share the appeal.
He said: ‘Anthony is a lovely man who used to work on the MoneySavingExpert deals team before leaving to pursue his valiant passion to get into teaching. I hope and pray he’s OK. Please please spread word.’
Mr Hill’s wife also appealed on Facebook for people to review any doorbell camera or dashcam footage from the area and issued a photograph of the outfit he was last wearing.
Mr and Mrs Hill pictured on a night out together. He went missing on his 37th birthday
Mr Lewis called the news ‘devastating’ and urged his followers on Twitter/X to share the appeal
Police described Mr Hill as white, 5ft 7 inches tall, of a slim build and with short brown hair.
He was last seen wearing brown chino trousers, a black checked shirt, a green coat and a yellow rucksack.
Police said they were concerned for Mr Hill’s welfare and would like to hear from anyone who has seen him or knows where he is.
Anyone with any information should contact Norfolk Police on 101, quoting incident number NC-17062024-507.