IT IS nearly three months since Bristol's DJ Derek first went missing and the search has begun to focus on Dursley.

The family of 73-year-old Derek Serpell-Morris believe that the popular DJs methodically kept travel maps indicate that he caught a bus from Thornbury to Dursley.

Recent searches targeted the Thornbury area after it was discovered he used his bus pass on July 11, the last day he was seen, to board a bus from Bristol to Thornbury.

The family of the missing 73 year old recently trawled through a collection travel maps at his home last Friday which has led the family to believe he boarded a second bus to Dursley after reaching Thornbury on the day he disappeared.

His niece Jennifer Griffiths and the rest of Derek’s family think he may have been heading to Dursley's Vale Community Hospital, either as a patient himself or to visit a friend.

Jennifer said: “Derek liked to travel around the country on buses, and he would use these maps where he highlighted places he wanted to go. He would put a ‘W’ next to where they was a Wetherspoons, for example.

“We went to his flat and my mum sat down and looked through these maps for hours. She found a map for Gloucestershire and Dursley was the only place with markings, meaning he had been there in the past.

“This particular map was marked with a ‘H’. We Googled it and realised he was marking the Vale Community Hospital. So was he there to visit someone or for himself? There was no sign of a ‘H’ anywhere else in the maps so we think it must mean something.

“All the timings of the buses, from Bristol to Thornbury and Thornbury to Dursley, fit into the timeframe put together by police.

“For us as a family this is significant and we do believe Derek could be in Dursley. It hasn’t been confirmed but it’s all we’ve got to go on, so we want to get the message out there and see if anybody has seen him.”

Police have said that every avenue of investigation in the disappearance will be explored.

If you think you may have seen DJ Derek contact Avon and Somerset Police on 101. For updates from the family or to offer your support search for Derek Morris on Facebook to find the account operated by Jennifer.