April Fabb was a 13-year-old schoolgirl who went missing just after 2pm on 8 April 1969 between the villages of Metton (her home) and Roughton, Norfolk

Roughton, Norfolk

Roughton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south of Cromer, north of Norwich and north-west of North Walsham. The village straddles the A140 between Cromer and Norwich and the B1463. The nearest railway station is at Roughton Road for the Bittern...

, United Kingdom

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She had left her home to ride over to her sister's house, in Roughton, to deliver a birthday present to her brother-in-law. At about 2:15pm her bicycle

Bicycle

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 was found lying in a field adjacent to Back Lane, Metton; only a few hundred yards from her home. Despite extensive police searches, no trace of her has ever been found.

This case is very similar to that of Genette Tate

Genette Tate

Genette Louise Tate was an English girl whose disappearance became a famous missing person case when she went missing at age 13 while delivering newspapers in Aylesbeare, Devon, England, on 19 August 1978...

, who disappeared while riding a bike in Aylesbeare

Aylesbeare

Aylesbeare is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, eight miles east of Exeter. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 527...

, Devon

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 in 1978.

A prime suspect in both cases is serial-killer Robert Black

Robert Black (serial killer)

Robert Black is a Scottish paedophile serial killer convicted of the kidnap and murder of four girls between the ages of 5 and 11 between 1981 and 1986 in the United Kingdom. He was convicted of sexually assaulting one of the girls and of raping the other three...

, who has admitted he targeted young girls on cycles. He had moved to London

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, from Scotland

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, in late 1968 or early 1969.

Peter Tobin

Peter Tobin

Peter Britton Tobin is a convicted Scottish serial killer and sex offender now serving a sentence of life imprisonment for the murders of three young women....

, another Scottish serial killer had been a suspect, but Norfolk police have found no links. Investigations are continuing.

See also

• List of people who disappeared mysteriously

See also

• List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom