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[MBH]

OK - now I'm back I can confirm a couple of things that othes have already come up with:

Delta: SIGNS MI

So my clue was missing - in every sense

[Bunnylump]

[Wulfruna]

Sorry - Only just found this:
Just for the record:
Golf: TOPS
So I guess you need to SPOT him.....

[LAT]

I'll get the paintbrush out - shall we turn him into a dalmation?

[Bunnylump]

Unless the previous word isn't YOU but is SOMEONE and it's TOPS...

Sorry, CW. Only joking.

[anagram]

The circumstances of this mysterious disappearance are rather odd. We were both in the College computer suite at the time. He was entering answers to the 'Snark' puzzles and I was working on something else. He mumbled something on the lines of 'worth a try'. I heard him enter whatever he was trying, and it must have been the wrong answer as he said something unrepeatable on a family forum. When I turned to look he wasn't there; it was strange for him to go so suddenly, and for some reason he left the puzzle book behind. We haven't heard from him since.

Sam Ragan

[anagram]

Now that Cenwulf has returned, I will shed some light on the mysterious messages.
There were 13 in total, plus a final one to Laura, which did indeed give the identities of those who received them, minus the letters in ANAGRAM. (Apart from 'strp98', which should have been 'step98'. That was a miskeying.)
In order they were:
Alpha: FUN CLEW - scuRRA
Bravo: ASH - Gill216
Charlie: OGEN - lAt
Delta: SIGNS MI - Mbh
Echo: FI - GiRAffe
Foxtrot: UYO - kiNGsley
Golf: TOPS - wulfRuNA
Hotel: MHI - clvRlAd
India: ASLEEP - feRNANdo
Juliet: TOY FIN - stRep98
Kilo: TROMNO - spARkout
Lima: GOOD WINKS - buNNyluMp
Mike: LEGOCEL - tiddleRpuss

The first word was for the order. The rest was an anagram, hence the 'scrambling in transmission'. When everything was rearranged, it yielded the following message:
CENWULF HAS GONE MISSING. IF YOU SPOT HIM, PLEASE NOTIFY MORTON KINGSWOOD COLLEGE.

Sam Ragan