Jill Brown

On Tuesday 3 January 1978, nineteen-year-old Jill Brown set off for work at the laundry in Brooklyn Road, Dovercourt. 

It was the first day back after the Christmas holidays. The number one song in the UK was Mull of Kintyre and across the pond, the Bee Gees were asking “How deep is your love?”.

Jill, 5ft 2ins tall with shoulder-length brown hair, was wearing a blue mac. She never arrived for work.

45-years-on and Jill's sisters, Janet and Elisabeth, have never given up hope explaining that Jill 'has never been out of anyone's thoughts'. They hope that one day they will find her and that she will come back into their lives.

Now, Janet and Elisabeth are appealing directly to Jill, asking her to contact them, saying:

“We’d like some more memories with you and want you to be part of our lives again.
“We want to make some more wonderful memories with you.
“There’s not enough, we need more.”

Watch their emotional appeal as they talk about the last time they saw Jill, and appeal for her to contact them.

Janet and Elisabeth are also asking for the public’s help.

“If you know where Jill is, or have any information, no matter how small, that will help us find Jill and bring 45 years’ worth of not knowing to an end, to contact Essex Police.
“Please, help bring Jill home.”

Essex Police never give up and we hope to bring the family’s anguish to an end.

if you have information that could help our investigation, please go to our Major Incident Public Reporting website.