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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jane Clinton

Coventry woman who vanished 52 years ago found alive and well

Grainy black and white pic of woman
The grainy picture of Sheila Fox, released in a West Midlands police appeal, led to her being found after 52 years. Photograph: West Midlands police

A woman who went missing 52 years ago has been found alive and well after police released a grainy photograph as part of an appeal, solving one of Britain’s longest-running missing person cases.

Sheila Fox, now 68, disappeared from Coventry in 1972 when she was 16. At the time, West Midlands police said she had been living with her parents and could have been in a relationship with a man. Officers said they were keeping an open mind, believing she may have moved out of the area.

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