Episode 36-The Disappearance of Genette Tate

19 August 1978, Aylesbeare, Devon. Thirteen-year-old papergirl Genette Tate rounds a bend on Within Lane—and vanishes. Minutes later, two friends find her blue Dawes bicycle on its side, the front wheel still spinning and newspapers scattered across the tarmac. No shout, no tire marks, no witnesses.

In this investigation, The Midnight Mystery Archive reconstructs the timeline minute by minute, follows the massive search that scoured hedgerows, ponds and quarries, and explains why detectives came to believe Genette was taken rapidly into a vehicle. We unpack the decades-long inquiry, the cold-case overhaul known as Operation Lester, and the circumstantial case that made delivery driver Robert Black the prime suspect—right up until his death halted a decision on prosecution. Along the way, we examine what 1970s forensics couldn’t do, what modern science might still reveal, and how one lane became a memorial to a girl who never came home.

If you were on the A3052 that afternoon, worked on PD&S vans, or remember a vehicle parked oddly on Within Lane, police still want to hear from you.

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