Why mystery of Brit sailor feared murdered by Frankenstein serial killer who cut off EARS still baffles cops 38 years on

NEARLY 40 years ago, a teenage boy enlisted in the Navy straight out of school and set off around the world - but he was never seen again. Simon Parkes, 18, phoned his mum when the HMS Illustrious docked in Gibraltar - its last stop before returning to Portsmouth - to tell her he was coming...