The unsolved case of the man last seen wearing just one shoe

The last footage of Ioannis showed him walking near shops next to the A12 in east London (Picture: Havering Police)

There are some missing persons cases which defy logic and lead detectives to a trail for clues which takes them well beyond everyday police work. One such case is that of Greek National Ioannis Oikonomopoulos. 

The decorated lifeguard, who had moved to the UK in 2018 and lived in east London, vanished during the pandemic five years ago without atrace. 

His disappearance...