Woman missing for 52 years found safe

Case solved days after new appeal

- Ellie Fawcett

ONE of the longest missing person cases has been resolved after a woman who vanished more than half a century ago was found alive and well.

Sheila Fox was last seen in central Coventry when she was just 16, in 1972.

Police said at the time that she was living with her parents but may have been in a relationship with an older man.

The West Midlands force appealed for help to solve the case on Sunday after 52 years.

Officers had said that they were keeping an "open mind" and believed Sheila had perhaps simply moved out of the area and not told anyone.