Nicola Payne: Two arrested over young mother's 1991 disappearance West Midlands Police, investigating the disappearance of Nicola Payne, said the men, both 49, were arrested at 8am today at their home addresses in the Bell Green and Stoke areas of Coventry. A 51-year-old woman was also arrested at the Bell Green address on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. All three have been taken to police stations in the West Midlands for questioning by detectives. Ms Payne went missing after setting out on foot from her home in Coventry on 14 December 1991. Despite extensive inquiries, 18-year-old Ms Payne - who had a seven-month-old baby son at the time - has never been seen again. Her family are aware of today's development, police said. It comes just days after a fresh appeal for information was launched, following new forensic results which detectives described as "a breakthrough."