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On the 20th anniversary of her disappearance, we take an in-depth look at the story of Charlene Downes who disappeared on 1 November 2003, when she was 14, from her home town of Blackpool.

A new film from the Blackpool Gazette can be watched in full at https://www.shotstv.com/watch/vod/52155352/the-disappearance-of-charlene-downes
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00:17 On a cold evening on November 1st 2003, a 14 year old schoolgirl said goodbye to her sister on Blackpool Pier,
00:24 went off to the arcades and was never seen again.
00:28 20 years on it remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries.
00:32 What happened to Charlene Downs?
00:36 No body was ever found, no remains uncovered,
00:40 no concrete evidence has ever told us the story of where this young girl ended up on that tragic night.
00:46 The amount of failings by all the people that were meant to actually protect Charlene,
00:56 everybody just failed.
00:58 It's not something I'll ever get over until she's found, until I've got some answers.
01:03 But then I'd love to go and literally take the law into my own hands.
01:07 If they took my daughter, I could take them.
01:10 The PC, sorry, ****, that gets in the way of protecting our children is diabolical.
01:18 I feel as though I know what's happened to Charlene Downs, but it's not something that I can verbalise or broadcast.
01:24 To grind a body through a mincer and not leave any DNA anywhere is near on impossible.
01:34 Obviously I'd like to see a resolution to this case, but as to whether there will be, I'm not sure.
01:42 Who knows? Maybe she is out there.
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