Cops release new CCTV footage of missing mum, 36, shopping in Morrisons the day before she vanished 6 months ago

NEW CCTV has been released of a mum who vanished six months agone arsenic cops contented a caller appeal.

Charlene Hobbs was past seen astatine a spot successful Cardiff, astatine 6.07am connected July 24, 2024.

A photograph was taken of the missing 36-year-old astatine an code successful Broadway before she disappeared.

Further mobile telephone investigation indicated aboriginal that evening Charlene may person been texting and calling radical known to her, to perchance conscionable up.

South Wales Police have present issued caller CCTV footage which shows the mum successful a Morrisons Local, Adamsdown, connected July 23, 2024,

Charlene was past seen with her hairsbreadth successful a bun, was wearing a acheronian strapless top.

She has a distinctive dragon tattoo connected her back.

Cops searching for Charlene combed several homes, cars, derelict buildings and patches of unfastened onshore astatine the clip of her disappearance.

They besides spoke to the missing person's friends and looked done CCTV footage of areas Charlene is "known to frequent".

One of the vehicles seized arsenic portion of the investigation into Charlene's disappearance was a Nissan Micra recovered successful St Helen's Close, Abergavenny, connected 29 October.

The car was primitively reddish and mostly painted black, but was recovered burnt-out.

Two men, aged 45 and 43, and a 38-year-old woman, were arrested successful transportation with the investigation, but were been released connected bail pending further enquiries.

A spokesperson for the unit said: "South Wales Police continues to enactment connected the accusation received. Over a 1000 hours of nationalist and backstage CCTV is being reviewed pursuing reports of imaginable sightings of Charlene.

"Officers person made enquiries astatine implicit 250 addresses and person searched derelict premises, vehicles, unfastened onshore and waterways crossed southbound Wales, which volition continue.

"Statements person besides been taken from implicit 50 radical since the probe began.

"People surviving successful the Splott and Roath areas of Cardiff person been asked to assistance the hunt by checking their outbuildings and bare properties wherever Charlene whitethorn person taken shelter."

Charlene's household antecedently urged their loved 1 to travel home.

"Charlene, we are hopeless to person you home," they said successful a statement.

"We person been retired looking for you and volition proceed to bash each we tin to effort to find you, and to recognize what whitethorn person happened.

"We would inquire that immoderate friends of Charlene’s oregon anyone who whitethorn cognize her, who whitethorn person immoderate accusation astir her disappearance to delight travel forward."

Detective Chief Inspector Matt Powell, from South Wales Police, said: “We stay determined to find Charlene, with specializer teams of officers and unit dedicated to this probe who are focused connected uncovering Charlene and returning her to her family.

“Charlene is simply a mother, a sister, a daughter, and a person to many. Like us, they are each highly acrophobic for her payment and are hopeless for answers.

"I inactive firmly judge that answers prevarication successful the community, and that idiosyncratic volition person cardinal accusation that volition assistance america find Charlene - immoderate information, nary substance however insignificant idiosyncratic whitethorn consciousness it is, whitethorn assistance america find Charlene.”

If you tin assistance interaction South Wales Police quoting notation 2400353044.