Appeal over trainee nurse last seen 57 years ago

Trainee nurse Maria Aldridge was 17 when she was last seen in Birmingham in 1968, and would be 75 on Sunday

An appeal for information has been made about a woman last seen 57 years ago and who would be 75 on Sunday.

Maria Aldridge was 17 and training as a nurse at Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, when she was last seen in 1968.

Police are keen to hear from anyone who might know the identity of a man who visited Maria's family home in Stourbridge in May 1968 by the name of Paul or Michael Gough. He had taken flowers for the family but had never been identified.

The cold case missing persons team at West Midlands Police said they were keeping an open mind as to her whereabouts as she may have decided to start a new life elsewhere.

Although Miss Aldridge had known links to Birmingham and Stourbridge, officers said they could not rule out the possibility she had moved elsewhere in the country, or left altogether.

Anyone with information is asked to contact West Midlands Police which is investigating some of its longest-running missing people cases.