Hope of finding Manic Street Preachers guitarist lives on

The sister of former Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards hasn’t lost hope of finding the troubled star.

Richey went missing in February 1995 and is widely believed to have committed suicide, though there have been rumours of sightings ever since.

Edwards was officially declared presumed dead in November 2008.

But his sister Rachel Elias said she still retains a “residue of hope that he may still be alive”.

In an interview with the South Wales Echo she said: “All I know is he wouldn’t have meant to leave this dark cloud hanging over anyone, but until he’s found – alive or dead – we can’t rest.”