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image captionImages of what Isabella Skelton could look like now were previously released by police
The former home of a woman who has been missing for more than 50 years is being searched by police.
Mother-of-three Isabella Skelton was aged 35 when she was reported missing from her family home in Crumpsall, Manchester, in June 1969.
Her family grew up under the belief she had left the city to work away but they never saw her again, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
The force said it was exhausting every potential line of inquiry .
GMP said they were maintaining an open mind and said the search of her former home on Lidiard Street would take about two weeks.
The daughter who has waited fifty years for mum to come home - and the police investigation that might give her answers
Police have begun a search of the former family home on Lidiard Street, in Crumpsall
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Linda Chapman (L) hasn t seen her mum Isabella Skelton (R) since she was 14
The daughter of a woman who disappeared decades ago says she “can’t breathe” until she knows what happened to her mum.
Isabella Skelton, nee McDowall, has not been seen since she left the terraced house she shared with her husband and three children five decades ago.
The current occupants of the address have no link to Isabella or her family, police said.
The violent gangland feud which sparked a gun war on the streets of Manchester
An increasingly reckless tit-for-tat feud has been growing - police are investigating whether it s linked to the St Peter s Square shooting
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On New Year s Day, a Ford Fiesta crashed into a restaurant in Manchester s Albert Square.
Firefighters had to help a young man and woman from the burning vehicle.
They and two others were taken to hospital for treatment.
Police are now investigating the crash as potentially being linked to a violent gangland feud which erupted a month later.
GMP has confirmed that no action was taken against the driver of the car that burst into flames. Officers believe the car that was pursuing his vehicle before the crash may be linked to one of the organised crime groups involved in the feud. The MEN understands it was reported that a person in the pursuing car had a firearm.
Man arrested in Bury on suspicion of attempted murder after Newton Heath shooting A FIFTH man has been arrested by police officers after a warrant was executed in Bury following a drive-by shooting in Newton Heath. The man, aged 41, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of a shotgun and remains in custody for questioning. A total of five men have been arrested and 13 warrants executed in Manchester, Oldham, and Bury since the firearms discharge on Briscoe Lane, Newton Heath, on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 19. Four of the men have been released on bail pending further enquiries.