When Sheila Fox disappeared from Coventry shortly after her sixteenth birthday, her family were left with little more than a grainy photograph and unanswered questions. An assumption that she had run away with an older man became accepted over the years, but police could never establish what had happened. More than fifty years later, a renewed investigation would finally uncover the truth…
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This episode was written by Rosanna Fitton. Research by Benjamin Fitton.
Illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.
Narration, audio editing and mixing, additional writing and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Quiet Sight by Lone Canyon
A Silent Request by Lost Ghosts
Confessions by Cody Martin
Unexpected Turn by Moments
As Old As Time by Wicked Cinema
Beat The System by Cody Martin
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The Independent • Page 6 / Thursday, 1 January 2026
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ONLINE
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx9pgej2nno
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyxm7wrk8mo
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https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/mystery-woman-vanished-more-than-50-years-ago-found-alive-5HjcxTz_2/
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/family-responds-after-woman-missing-for-50-years-is-found-alive-and-well-5HjcxYX_2/
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/revealed-true-story-missing-woman-alive-and-well-more-than-50-years-5HjcxzN_2/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coventry-sheila-fox-missing-west-midlands-b2672649.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/missing-people-campaign-west-midlands-police-b2866439.html
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/missing-teen-case-solved-after-34402333
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/one-uks-oldest-missing-person-34401703
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https://www.newsbreak.com/daily-mail-560402/3757177385691-revealed-the-real-story-behind-case-of-missing-woman-who-vanished-aged-16-in-1972-and-was-found-alive-52-years-later
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