Appeal for Witnesses in Old Disappearance Case of Marion Wagon
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Thirty years after Marion Wagon went missing in France, police have launched a new appeal for witnesses.
Investigators are trying to find a man who is thought to be around sixty years old.
The man was reportedly seen in the town of Agen, in southern France.
He was wearing a distinctive blue twisted jumper, according to the description given by police.
This detail has become an important clue, as people are now trying to identify 'the man in the blue twisted jumper'.
The case is being handled by a special cold case unit based in Nanterre, near Paris.
This unit works on old, unsolved crimes that other police teams were unable to solve.
A new testimony has reportedly given investigators fresh information about what may have happened.
This has led police to relaunch the search for answers in the long-running mystery.
Officials have not shared the identity of the man, saying only that he may hold important information.
Police are now asking the public for help through a formal witness appeal.
They hope that someone will recognise the man's description and come forward.
The disappearance of Marion Wagon has remained unsolved for three decades, despite earlier investigations.
Cold case units like the one in Nanterre often reopen old files when new evidence or testimony appears.
For now, police have given few other details, as the investigation is still ongoing.
Vocabulary10 words
- went missing
- could not be found; disappeared suddenly
- cold case unit
- a police team that works only on old, unsolved cases
- twisted
- made with a pattern that looks like rope
- testimony
- information someone gives about what they saw or know
- witness appeal
- a public request for information from people who saw something
- clue
- a small piece of information that helps solve a mystery
- identity
- who a person is, including their name
- reopened
- started working on again after stopping
- ongoing
- still happening; not finished
- investigation
- official work to find out the truth about something
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Thirty years after Marion Wagon _____ in France, police have launched a new appeal for witnesses.
Investigators are trying to find a man who is thought to be around _____ years old.
The man was reportedly seen in the town of _____, in southern France.
He was wearing a distinctive blue _____ jumper, according to the description given by police.
The case is being handled by a special _____ based in Nanterre, near Paris.
A new _____ has reportedly given investigators fresh information about what may have happened.
Police are now asking the public for help through a formal _____.
The disappearance of Marion Wagon has remained unsolved for three _____, despite earlier investigations.
For now, police have given few other details, as the _____ is still ongoing.
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