Who was Tina Bell and what happened to her?
TINA BELL disappeared in 1989 before her remains were discovered the following year.
Her murder was never solved, leaving her family still searching for answers.
Who was Tina Bell?
Tina Bell was an 18 year old girl who disappeared in 1989.
Her remains were found the following year, but her killer has never been discovered.
Countless appeals from the police and family members have been to no avail, with reported sightings of her on the day of her disappearance but no concrete evidence.
What happened to Tina Bell?
Tina disappeared in June 1989, in the town of Billingham, Teeside, in an area then dubbed the “Murder Mile” due to a series of murders in a short space of time.
She left her parents’ home in Crescent Avenue in Billingham at about 8.20pm.
The 18-year-old told her parents Bob and Cath that she would be home by 10.30pm and headed out with a friend.
Despite this, it was the last time they saw their daughter.
Her remains were found on wasteland near her family home in April 1990.
She was laid to rest at a grave in St Cuthbert’s Church in Billingham in October 1990.
Despite a £25,000 reward put out for information, no reliable sources were found.
What has Tina Bell’s family said?
Her parents Bob and Cath, as well as her brother and sister John and Angela, made a moving media appeal ten years after her disappearance.
In 2011, sister Angel made another appeal.
She said the happy memories of her beloved sister would always be tainted by what happened to her.
Her parents have since died, but her sister has continued to fight for justice.
In an interview with Teesside Live in 2020, Angela Wade said: “I just wish they would confess or slip up somehow because it’s not fair.
“I don’t want to know how she died because I know she suffered, I just want justice for her.”