- Joined
- Feb 25, 2019
I received a tip from an old colleague of Chris' from his days over at the University of Sheffield from 2015-2017. Sometime in 2015 Chris introduced them to someone that goes by the name of Joe Shapiro, who they believe was a first year undergraduate doing Computer Science at Sheffield Hallam University. At the time Joe was either 17 or 18. Chris made it very clear that Joe was his boyfriend. This was the part where I realized I'd heard that name before, but couldn't pin down where. I decided to, given what we all know now, give the thread's oldest (but not any less relevant) evidence another read figuring I'd learn something new. And lo and behold, I did.

So a while back somebody posted a screenshot linking the Furry Menagerie PayPal donations page to an account under the name of "Joe Shapiro". This went right over everyone's head for good reason; that name didn't make any sense. I decided to do a little digging when someone came to me with a tip, and now I'm realizing that that name may belong to the boyfriend he currently lives with who goes by the name of TacticalWolf/Kyten.
Joe has a Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/joe.shapiro91
Out of the things that he has liked, the only two that are local and aren't huge pages are for a bar called 'Meltdown' in Sheffield (page created May 2018, so he's liked it since then) and for 'Life Drawing in Sheffield' https://www.facebook.com/MeltdownSheffield/
Meltdown seems to be a gaming bar. They host social tournaments for Overwatch, League, etc. Both Chris and Joe are known to play those games.
Chris, as we know, used to have an FB page too. The only thing they remember him doing on Facebook was advocating for Brexit and increased crackdown on immigration; not majorly right-wing but you could see he was pro-Brexit and anti-Islam. Chris often posted about 'how migrants had ruined his hometown', which I've been told they believe may be Bradford.
So I did a little more digging. Turns out Chris is still active in the "Go" community. You know who else used to be active in the Go community? Joe Shapiro. Now here's where it gets interesting. TacticalWolf/Kyten is Scottish. Joe Shapiro, within the Go community, represented... you guessed it, Scotland in 2014. Specifically Glasgow. Chris introduced his college buddies to Joe as his boyfriend in 2015. Fast forward to 2016 and Joe is suddenly representing Sheffield in the Go community instead of Glasgow. Interesting.
This can be seen here. http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Player_Card.php?&key=17249419
But it gets even better than that. Guess what location Chris represented in the Go community in 2014? Glasgow! And in 2016? Sheffield.
This can be seen here. http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Player_Card.php?key=16086862
Scottish tournament results where they can both be seen together: http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T140524E&pin=17249419
Sheffield tournament results where they can both be seen together: http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T161009A&pin=17249419
Now there may be a chance that I'm wrong about something, however the evidence AND the timeline both add up, so I highly doubt it. Seeing as both Chris and Joe are living together, we will have an equal opportunity at finding Chris if we can find Joe.

So a while back somebody posted a screenshot linking the Furry Menagerie PayPal donations page to an account under the name of "Joe Shapiro". This went right over everyone's head for good reason; that name didn't make any sense. I decided to do a little digging when someone came to me with a tip, and now I'm realizing that that name may belong to the boyfriend he currently lives with who goes by the name of TacticalWolf/Kyten.
Joe has a Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/joe.shapiro91
Out of the things that he has liked, the only two that are local and aren't huge pages are for a bar called 'Meltdown' in Sheffield (page created May 2018, so he's liked it since then) and for 'Life Drawing in Sheffield' https://www.facebook.com/MeltdownSheffield/
Meltdown seems to be a gaming bar. They host social tournaments for Overwatch, League, etc. Both Chris and Joe are known to play those games.
Chris, as we know, used to have an FB page too. The only thing they remember him doing on Facebook was advocating for Brexit and increased crackdown on immigration; not majorly right-wing but you could see he was pro-Brexit and anti-Islam. Chris often posted about 'how migrants had ruined his hometown', which I've been told they believe may be Bradford.
So I did a little more digging. Turns out Chris is still active in the "Go" community. You know who else used to be active in the Go community? Joe Shapiro. Now here's where it gets interesting. TacticalWolf/Kyten is Scottish. Joe Shapiro, within the Go community, represented... you guessed it, Scotland in 2014. Specifically Glasgow. Chris introduced his college buddies to Joe as his boyfriend in 2015. Fast forward to 2016 and Joe is suddenly representing Sheffield in the Go community instead of Glasgow. Interesting.

But it gets even better than that. Guess what location Chris represented in the Go community in 2014? Glasgow! And in 2016? Sheffield.

Scottish tournament results where they can both be seen together: http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T140524E&pin=17249419
Sheffield tournament results where they can both be seen together: http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Tournament_Card.php?&key=T161009A&pin=17249419
Now there may be a chance that I'm wrong about something, however the evidence AND the timeline both add up, so I highly doubt it. Seeing as both Chris and Joe are living together, we will have an equal opportunity at finding Chris if we can find Joe.