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MISSING: Trevaline Evans

A shopkeeper in North Wales seemingly vanishes into thin air after hanging a sign on her antique store saying she’ll be back in two minutes. Investigators search high and low for Trevaline Evans for decades, trying to track down a so-called “mystery man” in a suit who she’d been seen with in the days before she disappeared. But they find no trace of the 52-year-old grandmother. Her case becomes one police call the most confusing they’ve ever worked. And it becomes even more baffling when…nearly 40 years after Trevaline vanished…brand new tips roll in from two brothers in the UK who say they’d found her remains, and had proof. But those remains seemed to vanish too, leaving this mystery still unsolved.

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Trevaline Evans.

Trevaline Evans.

Credit: Evans Family Photo

Trevaline Evans.

Trevaline Evans.

Credit: Evans Family Photo

Trevaline with her husband and son, Richard.

Trevaline with her husband and son, Richard.

Credit: Evans Family Photo

Trevaline’s husband, Richard Evans.

Trevaline’s husband, Richard Evans.

Credit: Cascade News LDT

Outside of Trevaline’s antique store.

Outside of Trevaline’s antique store.

Credit: Cascade News LDT

The sign left outside of Trevaline’s store.

The sign left outside of Trevaline’s store.

Credit: Cascade News LDT

A newspaper page showing the sketch of the “smartly-dressed man” Trevaline was spotted with.

A newspaper page showing the sketch of the “smartly-dressed man” Trevaline was spotted with.

Credit: Daily Post: The Paper for Wales

Rhuddlan Golf Club.

Rhuddlan Golf Club.

Credit: Rhuddlan Golf Club / Facebook

Christopher Halliwell.

Christopher Halliwell.

Credit: Wiltshire Police Department

Robin Ligus.

Robin Ligus.

Credit: West Mercia Police Department

The plaque bolted to a bench just outside of Rhuddlan.

The plaque bolted to a bench just outside of Rhuddlan.

Credit: User-Generated Content via NorthWalesLive

The location of the metal plaque on the bench.

The location of the metal plaque on the bench.

Credit: User-Generated Content via NorthWalesLive

From right to left: Andrew and Lee Sutton.

From right to left: Andrew and Lee Sutton.

Courtesy: Andrew Sutton

Trevaline’s brother, Phil.

Trevaline’s brother, Phil.

Credit: Family Photo via In the Footsteps of Killers

Hand-drawn map of the Rhuddlan Golf Club bar floor.

Hand-drawn map of the Rhuddlan Golf Club bar floor.

Courtesy: Andrew and Lee Sutton

One of the photos taken under the bar at the Rhuddlan Golf Club.

One of the photos taken under the bar at the Rhuddlan Golf Club.

Courtesy: Andrew and Lee Sutton

A picture taken under the bar after the police search.

A picture taken under the bar after the police search.

Courtesy: Andrew and Lee Sutton

Timeline:

June 16, 1990
June 16, 1990

Trevaline Evans leaves her shop around noon and is not seen again.

Sept. 6, 1990
Sept. 6, 1990

Police publish a sketch of a man Trevaline was seen speaking with two days before her disappearance. It may be the same man she was spotted with shortly before vanishing.

April 2001
April 2001

Police announce they no longer consider an artist’s impression of a man reportedly seen with Trevaline shortly before her disappearance to be accurate.

June 29, 2001
June 29, 2001

Richard Evans, Trevaline’s husband, is arrested and later released on police bail.

Rhuddlan

Where Trevaline and Richard were renovating a bungalow and where Richard allegedly was when Trevaline went missing.

Church Street, Llangollen

The street that housed Trevaline’s antique store and where she was last seen

Rhuddlan Golf Club

The Golf Club, where Andrew and Lee Sutton took photos under the bar, following stories of a bad smell on the premises.

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