In the United Kingdom, a happy ending at the start of the year for the family of a woman who disappeared… 52 years ago. Sheila Fox, 68, has just been found alive and well, far from where she disappeared when she was just a teenager.
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With our correspondent in London, Sarah Menai
The case dates back to the spring of 1972 when Sheila Fox, then a 16-year-old high school student, disappeared in the town of Coventry, in central England, a few kilometers from the large city of Birmingham.
Her relatives, without news for five decades, think that she ran away with an older man she was seeing at the time, or worse… After years of no news and no trace of her in the files of the The administration, they imagine a funeral fate for him… until this incredible twist.
At the end of December 2024, 52 years after his disappearance, the police of the West Midlands region, who have not yet closed the case, are launching yet another appeal for witnesses by publishing a photo on social networks of Sheila dating from the time of her disappearance.
“ Every missing person has a story »
A few hours later, the police were contacted and the information transmitted would help them resolve one of the longest investigations in their history. Detective Sergeant Jenna Shaw, of the Cold Case Investigation Team, said police were “ absolutely delighted » to reunite with Mrs Fox after more than five decades, « after searching every piece of evidence to find a photo of Sheila », Reports the BBC.
Detective Sergeant Shaw added: “ Every missing person has a story, and their families and friends deserve to know what happened to them and, hopefully, be reunited with them. »
Sheila Fox is safe. She is now a retiree who would now live in another part of the country.