Police are searching the former home of a woman who vanished more than 50 years ago, amid hopes of a breakthrough. Specialist officers cordoned off the terraced house in Crumpsall, Manchester, as part of an investigation into the disappearance of Isabella Skelton, nee McDowall.
Isabella - known as Izzy - left the family home on June 6, 1969, and never returned. She was 35-years-old at the time of her disappearance, meaning she would now be 87.
Her daughter, Linda Chapman, has never given up hope that she will find her mum, the Manchester Evening News reports. Last summer detectives released a computer generated image to show what Isabella might look like today.
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