Disappearance of April Fabb

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April Fabb (22 April 1955 – disappeared 8 April 1969) was a 13-year-old English schoolgirl who disappeared while cycling from her home in Metton, Norfolk, to the neighbouring village of Roughton—a distance of less than 2 miles (3.2 km)—on the afternoon of 8 April 1969. She is strongly believed to have been abducted and murdered, although her body has never been found. Fabb was last seen alive cycling along a rural road in the direction of Roughton at approximately 2:06 pm; her bicycle was discovered discarded in a nearby field nine minutes later. Despite extensive police efforts, both at the time of her disappearance and in more recent decades, the case remains unsolved, and no individual has ever been charged with her abduction or murder. The disappearance of April Fabb is widely regarded as one of the most infamous missing child cases in British history; the police investigation into her disappearance has been also described as one of the most exhaustive in the history of Norfolk Constabulary...

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