The disappearance of Trevaline Evans is a missing persons case from 1990, concerning a 52-year-old woman who vanished without trace from her antiques shop in Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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Background into disappearance
On Saturday, 16 June 1990 at about 12:40pm, Trevaline Evans left a note on the front door of her shop, Attic Antiques on Church Street, saying she would be "back in two minutes". It is known that she bought an apple and a banana and was seen crossing nearby Castle Street. As a banana skin was found in a dustbin in the shop after this time, it is thought she must have returned there. However, this has never been confirmed. Evans' handbag was left behind in the shop, and her car remained parked just a few yards away. In January 2001, the case was reopened by police in the hope new forensic techniques would suggest fresh evidence. Evans' husband Richard, who was away renovating the couple's holiday bungalow in Rhyl at the time of his wife's disappearance, was arrested in June 2001 but later released without charge. Police also ruled out an artist's impression of a man allegedly seen with Trevaline Evans shortly before her disappearance as no longer accurate.
Recent developments
In 1999, Evans's only child, her son Richard, died of a heart attack. On the 20th anniversary of Evans's disappearance, the case was re-examined yet no new evidence emerged. However, in September 2011 it was reported that police were looking into a possible connection between Evans's disappearance and a convicted serial killer named Robin Ligus. Ligus is serving a life sentence for the murders of three men in 1994. In January 2012, however, police ruled out any possible connection.