The Girl Who Vanished on Her Paper Round | 1978 Cold Case

In August 1978, 13-year-old newspaper delivery girl Genette Tate vanished without a trace while delivering papers in Aylesbeare, Devon. Her abandoned bicycle and scattered newspapers were found on a quiet country lane — but Genette herself was never seen again.

Despite one of the UK’s largest police investigations, nationwide media coverage, and later links to convicted child killer Robert Black, her case remains one of Britain’s most haunting unsolved mysteries.

In this episode of *Crimes That Haunt Us*, we retrace the events of that fateful day, the exhaustive police search, the suspects who emerged, and the enduring legacy of a case that has left a community searching for answers for nearly five decades.

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0:00 - Intro
1:02 - About Genette
4:26 - Day of Vanishing
4:48 - Breakfast
4:49 - Buying Sweets
5:08 - Genette is Alone
5:27 - Paper Round Begins
6:14 - Midway Through Paper Deliveries
6:24 - Genette meets Maggie & Tracey
7:48 - Genette's Bicycle is Found
8:55 - The Search Begins
9:33 - Major Search Begins
10:55 - Maggie & Tracey Interviewed
11:42 - Police Descend on Aylesbeare
12:11 - First Witness Account
12:53 - Second Witness Account
13:33 - Suspicious Man in the Village
14:12 - Media Press Conference
15:17 - John Tate Questioned
15:56 - Hypnosis
16:24 - EFIT Updated
18:13 - New EFIT
19:15 - IFAC
20:08 - John Tate is Cautioned
20:59 - Ian Bealey is a Suspect
22:08 - Virginia Maunder is Murdered
23:34 - The Australian Lead
25:20 - Case Reopened
25:58 - Robert Black is Probed
26:23 - IFAC Scandal
26:51 - Another Charity Scandal
27:12 - Robert Black Becomes Suspect
28:57 - DNA Development
29:23 - CPS Rejects Charges
30:05 - The Case is Reviewed
32:13 - Case Dropped Against Black
32:32 - John Tate Dies
33:00 - Outro