Name: Sheila Fox
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: August 18, 1944
Location Last Seen: Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
Date of Birth: Circa 1938
Age: 6 years old
Race: Unknown
Gender: Female
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Blue flowered frock, green coat, stockings and shoes. She had pink ribbons in her hair.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Sheila Fox was last seen after leaving St James's Primary School in New Bury, Farnworth, Bolton on August 18, 1944.
At some point as she made her way home to her family's house on Macdonald Avenue, New Bury, Sheila Fox disappeared, never to be seen again.
Within hours of reports that she was missing an exhaustive search of the Farnworth area began.
Young playmates of Sheila told how they had seen their friend riding on the crossbar of a man's bicycle.
Another school friend said she had seen Sheila walking with a man.
Sheila's parents said that she would have had to know the man very well because she was very shy.
They always believed that Sheila had tried to head to London, as some of her wartime schoolmates were refugee children from the capital.
Agency Name: Greater Manchester Police
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 0161 856 5965
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: N/A
Agency Name: Crimestoppers
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 0800 555 111
Agency E-Mail: N/A
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BBC News
This is Lancashire 6/5/01
iVenus
Manchester News 6/5/02
Manchester News 8/18/04
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 08-23-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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