Police investigating disappearance of a mother 29 years ago are searching a canal
Police investigating the disappearance of a young mother 29 years ago are searching a stretch of CANAL after receiving new information.Nicola Payne went missing after leaving her seven-month-old son Owen with her boyfriend at his home to visit her mum and dad who lived a five-minute walk away.She was 18 when she vanished in thick fog while walking across wasteland known as the Black Pad in Coventry, at around midday on December 14, 1991.Despite numerous searches of properties, wasteland and woodland over the years no trace of her body has ever been found.Specialist underwater search teams from West Midlands Police are now scouring a stretch of canal between Coventry and Rugby, Warks., after receiving fresh information.Detective Inspector Justin Mason-Spanner, from the homicide team, said: "We are as committed as ever to finding Nicola's remains, allowing her family to lay her to rest and to achieving justice for her family and the community."We recently received new information which has led to this search that will last a few days.
Nicola's family has been kept fully informed."We still believe there maybe people out there who hold information about what happened in 1991 and I urge anyone who has not previously contacted us with information to contact us. "It could make all the difference and could finally bring Nicola's family the closure they deserve."An anonymous donor has put up a £100,000 reward for information to anyone with information which leads to the discovery of Nicola.In 2015 two men, both aged 51, were cleared of murdering her after a trial at Birmingham Crown Court.In 2016 police and scientists spent weeks searching through woodland at Coombe Country Park after receiving new "credible" information but failed to find the young mum's body.After hearing about the family's desperate search for their daughter, private detectives agreed to help hunt for her in 2018.Investigative reporter Mark Williams-Thomas and forensic search specialist Peter Faulding offered their services for free after hearing of the family's plight.Speaking at the time, Nicola's brother Scott, 51, said: "This is our last hope.
The police have let us down so badly."MFL - FURTHER UPDATES
Police investigating the disappearance of a young mother 29 years ago are searching a stretch of CANAL after receiving new information.Nicola Payne went missing after leaving her seven-month-old son Owen with her boyfriend at his home to visit her mum and dad who lived a five-minute walk away.She was 18 when she vanished in thick fog while walking across wasteland known as the Black Pad in Coventry, at around midday on December 14, 1991.Despite numerous searches of properties, wasteland and woodland over the years no trace of her body has ever been found.Specialist underwater search teams from West Midlands Police are now scouring a stretch of canal between Coventry and Rugby, Warks., after receiving fresh information.Detective Inspector Justin Mason-Spanner, from the homicide team, said: "We are as committed as ever to finding Nicola's remains, allowing her family to lay her to rest and to achieving justice for her family and the community."We recently received new information which has led to this search that will last a few days.
Nicola's family has been kept fully informed."We still believe there maybe people out there who hold information about what happened in 1991 and I urge anyone who has not previously contacted us with information to contact us.
"It could make all the difference and could finally bring Nicola's family the closure they deserve."An anonymous donor has put up a £100,000 reward for information to anyone with information which leads to the discovery of Nicola.In 2015 two men, both aged 51, were cleared of murdering her after a trial at Birmingham Crown Court.In 2016 police and scientists spent weeks searching through woodland at Coombe Country Park after receiving new "credible" information but failed to find the young mum's body.After hearing about the family's desperate search for their daughter, private detectives agreed to help hunt for her in 2018.Investigative reporter Mark Williams-Thomas and forensic search specialist Peter Faulding offered their services for free after hearing of the family's plight.Speaking at the time, Nicola's brother Scott, 51, said: "This is our last hope.
The police have let us down so badly."MFL - FURTHER UPDATES
