£20,000 reward offered in bid to find missing Southampton mother-of-three

We are offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information on the disappearance of Joanne Sheen, who was last seen in Southampton in December 2019. 

44-year-old Joanne, known as ‘Jo’ and ‘Little Jo’, is described as being white, around 5ft 1in tall with a slim build. When last seen, she had long dark brown hair. Joanne has a number of tattoos including a heart-and-dagger on her right upper arm and a band of flowers. She also has a tattoo of flowers on her right thigh and a star on her right foot. She has a tattoo of blue flowers on her left arm.

Hampshire Constabulary are now treating her disappearance as a murder investigation but are keeping an open mind as to what happened to her.

The last corroborated sighting of Joanne was on Thursday, 5 December 2019, when she was travelling from Fareham back to Southampton with a friend. 

There have been other unconfirmed sightings of Joanne before Christmas 2019 in the Southampton area.

Over the last two years, police have spoken to hundreds of witnesses and conducted several searches across Southampton. The most recent was in July this year near Mayflower Park.

***Crimestoppers – which is independent of the police - is supporting this investigation by offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information we exclusively receive – either online or by calling freephone 0800 555 111 – that leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone linked to the murder of Joanne Sheen OR the recovery of her body***

 

“Jo’s loved ones are desperate to know what happened to her. Time is not making their torment or pain any easier.

“If you have information about Jo, please do the right thing and contact our charity, 100% anonymously. It may be that you have crucial information which can make all of the difference in providing answers for Jo’s family and friends.

"Please remember that Crimestoppers, which is completely independent of the police, keeps its promise of 100% anonymity to more than a thousand people who trust us with their crime information every single day.

“Share what you know by calling our UK Contact Centre on freephone 0800 555 111, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week or use our website’s simple and secure anonymous online form. No one will ever know you contacted us. We cannot trace your call or track your IP address and we never ask for or record any personal information.”

Please note: Computer IP addresses are never traced and no-one will ever know you contacted Crimestoppers. For telephone calls, there is no caller line display, no 1471 facility and calls have never been traced. The charity is completely independent of the police and guarantees that your personal identity will always be protected. 

***The reward will only be payable for information passed directly to Crimestoppers and not to the police – a reward code must be asked for when calling our charity on 0800 555 111. If you contact Crimestoppers via the simple and secure anonymous online form, the 'keeping in contact’ facility must be used and a reward code must be requested. You must log back in 24 hours later to get the code. You will be asked to check with our charity two months later with the reward code to see if there has been a positive result. More details about the rewards process can be found here***