The Miracle of Coventry: Police solve old missing person case from 1972

London – This is a sensation! Police in England have solved one of the country’s longest-running missing person cases. In 1972, 16-year-old Sheila Fox disappeared from Coventry, near Birmingham. Since then there has been no trace of her – until the end of December.

In order to finally find the woman, the West Midlands Police published on December 29th a new search call. This also contained a very blurry black and white photo of Fox from the time of her disappearance that officials recently found. At that time she still lived with her parents.

Successes through reporting missing persons

What hardly anyone thought was possible: just a few hours after the picture was published on various social media channels, witnesses reported to the police Missing people knew. She is still alive. Officials made Sheila Fox in another part of Englandlocated far away from Coventry – safe and sound. The police did not want to say exactly where the woman was.

Police leave the reason for the disappearance open

“We are absolutely delighted to have found Sheila after more than five decades. “We searched through every piece of evidence we could find and managed to locate a photo of Sheila,” Detective Sergeant Jenna Shaw of the Cold Case Investigation Team told the news portal.Independent“quoted.

Shaw continued: “We searched through every piece of evidence we could find and located a photograph of Sheila. Every missing person has a story. Their families and friends deserve to know what happened to them and hopefully be reunited with them.”

The exact circumstances of the mysterious case were revealed police however, no further information.

According to media reports, the teenager at the time may have been in a relationship with an older man when she disappeared.