Disappearance of April Fabb
April Fabb | |
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| File:April Fabb 1969 police photo.jpg Photograph of Fabb used during the Norfolk Constabulary investigation | |
| Born | April Fabb 22 April 1955 |
| Disappeared | 8 April 1969 (aged 13) Between the villages of Metton and Roughton, Norfolk, England |
| Status | Missing for 57 years, 1 month and 16 days |
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April Fabb (22 April 1955 – disappeared 8 April 1969) was an English schoolgirl who disappeared on 8 April 1969, when aged 13, between the villages of Metton and Roughton in Norfolk.[2] In 2018, a play called Into Thin Air was inspired by Fabb's disappearance.[3]
Background
[edit | edit source]At around 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday 8 April 1969, Fabb left her home at 3 Council Houses, Metton, to visit her sister's house in Roughton. Travelling by bicycle, she had a packet of ten cigarettes, 5½d and a handkerchief in the saddlebag and was planning to deliver the cigarettes as a birthday present to her brother-in-law. Just after 2:00 p.m., she was seen cycling along the country road towards Roughton.[2][4]
At around 2:15 pm, her blue and white bicycle was seen lying in a field near Metton by two Ordnance Survey workers; a passing motorist later took it to a Cromer police station.[2]
Search
[edit | edit source]Despite an extensive police investigation and search of the surrounding area, no trace of Fabb was found, and the reason for her disappearance remains unknown.[4][5] Her disappearance led to the biggest police search operation the UK had seen, with the authorities having searched 400 houses, conducted hundreds of interviews and recorded close to 2,000 statements since 1969.[2]
Further searches for Fabb, including the use of thermal imaging cameras in 1997 and the excavation of a well in 2010, failed to produce any fresh leads.[4] At the time of the disappearance of Genette Tate in August 1978, Norfolk Constabulary pointed out to Devon and Cornwall Police that there were strong similarities with the Fabb case. Both cases are unsolved and no link between the two has ever been proven.[6] Child murderer Robert Black was questioned over the two disappearances.[7][8]
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of people who disappeared
- Disappearance of Patrick Warren and David Spencer – 1996 missing persons case, in Solihull in England
References
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- ^ Malcolm Pithers "Killer faces questions on more sex murders", The Independent, 20 May 1994
- ^ Richard Edwards "Prime suspect in 1978 murder of schoolgirl Genette Tate will not face charges", Daily Telegraph, 18 August 2008.
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Further reading
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- Morson, Maurice (1995, rev: 2007, further rev: September 2012). The Lost Years: The Story of April Fabb. Redbridge Books. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
External links
[edit | edit source]- 2018 Norfolk News article pertaining to the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of April Fabb
- April Fabb at The Doe Network
- April Fabb - 50th anniversary Norfolk Police
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