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Charlene Downes

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78 days ago

Campaigner and broadcaster Nicola Thorp, who is the same age as Charlene and grew up nearby in Blackpool, has devoted years to investigating her disappearance.

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In their final encounter, Jodie claims she asked Charlene directly whether she was being abused.
The informant was willing to testify that a man linked to a criminal network in Blackpool had killed Charlene after sexually abusing her.
Charlene Downes, 14, went missing on 1 November 2003. Despite a £100,000 police reward for information leading to the conviction of her killer, no one has ever been brought to justice.
On November 1, 2003, Charlene, 14, spent the day wandering around town with her sister, Becky.
Police investigated Ray Munro and passed a file to prosecutors about his alleged abuse of Charlene and another girl, two years after she disappeared.

When Nicola Thorp was growing up in Blackpool, the ‘kebab girl’ who had gone missing less than a mile away, aged 14, was spoken of as a cautionary tale. But what really happened to her? For the last …

Charlene Downes, 14, vanished without a trace from her home town of Blackpool more than two decades ago.

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