Disappearance of Genette Tate

Genette Tate
A photograph of Tate distributed at the time of her disappearance in August 1978
Born
Genette Louise Tate

5 May 1965
Disappeared19 August 1978 (age 13)
Aylesbeare, Devon, England
StatusMissing for 47 years, 6 months and 25 days
Height5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Parents
  • John Tate (father)
  • Sheila Cook (mother)

The disappearance of Genette Tate is a missing person case involving a 13-year-old girl who vanished while delivering newspapers in Aylesbeare, Devon, on 19 August 1978. Despite extensive searches, her body has never been found and the cause of her disappearance remains unknown.

The case is one of Britain's longest-running missing person inquiries and has been described by Devon and Cornwall Police as a murder investigation. Tate's disappearance remains one of Britain's best-known unresolved cases.

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