Kevin Fasting Senior left his family a note and disappeared without a trace
17:31, 13 Jul 2025Updated 17:35, 13 Jul 2025
Kevin Fasting Senior with his son Kevin Fasting Junior and daughter Becky(Image: Family handout)
A “kind and gentle” dad-of-four left for work one day and disappeared without a trace. Kevin Fasting Senior was 49 when he went missing from his parents house in Aigburth more than 20 years ago. Despite searches far and wide, he’s never been seen or heard from since.
He was last seen by his parents at their home on Aigburth Road, by Aigburth Vale, on Friday, November 21 2003. Kevin had started a new job in Bootle delivering meals on wheels just a week before. His son, Kevin Fasting Junior, has tried throughout the years to keep his memory alive through constant media appeals.
On the morning of his disappearance, Kevin Snr left the house to go to work and he was seen shortly after by a neighbour at a nearby bus stop. The neighbour offered Kevin Snr a lift to work but he declined. This was the last sighting of Kevin as he did not arrive for work and hasn’t been seen since.
Describing his dad, Kevin Jnr, 42, said: “He was a very kind and gentle soul. He was very popular, everyone just loved him. Everyone spoke fondly of him when he was here and he was a great dad.
“He just lived for his kids, he was very close to his family. He had one brother and three sisters along with his mum and dad, all living in Aigburth.”
Kevin Snr is described as white, 5’ 10”, of medium build, with blue eyes and short brown hair. He also has a Liver Bird and LFC tattoo on his lower right arm.
He was wearing a black trousers suit, a white long-sleeved shirt with a yellow tie, a grey fleece jacket, a dark green hooded trench coat, and size eight Clarks blue lace-up shoes and blue or brown jeans. Kevin also wore a distinctive LFC watch with a silver strap and was carrying £30 in cash.
Kevin Fasting Senior has been missing since 2003(Image: PA)
Kevin Snr was also a massive Liverpool fan who went to the club’s first four European Cup finals from 1977 to 1984. But as time went on he began to struggle with his mental health.
Not long before his disappearance, Kevin Snr tried to take his own life. Reflecting on this period now, his son said the situation demonstrates how attitudes to mental health have changed.
Kevin Jnr said: “He moved back in with his parents who lived around the corner. They were getting him back on his feet, metaphorically. But that was before mental health was talked about widely. When I was growing up, if I would have went to my mates and said ‘I’m depressed’, they would’ve just said, ‘pull it together’.
“He couldn’t speak to anyone. If it was in this day and age, he would have had more help for sure and he would have been able to talk about it. Unfortunately, it was a different world back then.”
The night before his disappearance, Kevin Jnr spoke to his dad over the phone and sensed he had a low mood. He said: “He got back into work because he thought that was the right thing to do.
“I was at Leeds University at the time, so I wasn’t seeing him every day, although I’d speak to him every night on the phone.
“I was back in Liverpool the week before – that was the last time I saw him in person. I did notice a bit of sadness when I last spoke to him on the Thursday night and he went missing on Friday morning. He seemed quite down and defeated.
Kevin Jnr said: “When my nan and grandad got up, he’d already left for work as he usually would. He just left us a note to me and my sister, just to say that he was sorry, that he’d let us down and that we would be better off without him.
“After that, you’re expecting to find the body. Then, as the weeks go on, you don’t find the body. Then you get some hope and think, he must not be dead because you would have found him.
“Then the weeks turn into months, then into years, then into two decades – and here we are.”
Despite repeated appeals, a lot of the information Kevin has received about his dad has gone nowhere. He said: “Every time we put another article out, it might get a bit of traction.
Kevin Fasting Junior with his two daughters, Sienna and Isabella Fasting(Image: Family hadnout)
“You might get some people and reach out to try and help, so we’ve had a couple of false alarms. You’ll get a few people saying stuff and then it’s not correct.
“There’s a couple of things where we’ve then investigated a little bit. But there’s nothing there. In a nutshell, there’s no trace of him. Absolutely no trace.”
Kevin used the pain of his dad’s disappearance to set up a business, KE Costs legal firm, named in his memory and run by his sister Becky. He has since gone on to build an empire of over 35 businesses.
Addressing the note his dad left behind in a 2022 interview with The Missing podcast, Kevin Jnr expressed his hope that his dad is still alive. He said: “I’ll never give up hope, although I’m resigned to the fact that I’m probably not going to see him in this lifetime.”
This attitude is reflected in his approach to his business. He said: “I graduated from uni, then got into recruitment. By that time, a few years had passed and no-one was looking for him.
“I felt I wanted to do something myself. So I set up my own business to then generate money to advertise on bus stops.
“That was the initial plan, to keep the dream alive. Within the first year of business, I thought, you know what, he’s gone on his own accord. If I find him this way, I’m forcing him to come back. So what else can I do with the money?
“So I made the decision to retire my mum and some family members instead. I tried to build a life for him if he did come back, make him proud and look after the family members that were left. That’s why I named the business after him. As the years have gone on, it keeps me motivated and it keeps his legacy alive.”
Kevin has now formed Peak Costs, a new £3m venture born from the merger of KE Costs Lawyers and Paramount Legal Costs. The newly formed company law firm will operate across Liverpool and Carlisle, with full integration expected by September 2025.
Kevin Jnr wants to show that, even if you do go through a traumatic event, you can still build a successful life. He said: “I’m writing a book at the moment and it’s a little bit about that.
“It’s also about financial advice for people from my background. We were working class, I didn’t grow up with anything. If someone does something or makes you feel a certain way, you can react negatively or positively.
“I made myself angry, but then out of that anger I worked harder. That’s what I teach staff members and business partners. In the near future, I want be able to do that on a wider scale.
“I never got to say goodbye. But I’ve kept my promise. I’ve looked after our family, I’ve created jobs, and I’ve built something that’s looked after so many people. When I see him in this life or the next, I know he will be proud of his only son.”
People can visit Kevin’s appeal on the Missing People website here, from where they can report a sighting, download his missing appeal as a poster, and share it via Facebook, Twitter, and in public spaces.
Missing People’s Publicity Officer, Ndella Senghore, said: “If anyone has any information about Kevin’s disappearance, they can contact Missing People’s helpline. Kevin, if you are reading this, please get in touch. You can call us on 116 000 or email116000@missingpeople.org.uk.
“Our service is non-judgemental, confidential, and free thanks to support from players of People’s Postcode Lottery. We just want to provide you with the support you need and help you to be safe.
“Our helpline is here to support people who are missing, thinking of going missing, and for loved ones who are left behind. The helpline is free and confidential and is operated by trained staff and volunteers.”