Hunt for missing private detective who specialises in catching cheating partners

Police have launched an urgent missing person's appeal after a private detective vanished.

Jacqueline O'Connell, 41, has not been since since 2pm on Saturday with cops saying she did not come home from work and has not made contact with friends or family.

Ms O'Connell specialises in online 'honey traps' to catch cheating partners – as well as offering lie detector tests, stag and hen party surveillance and spying equipment.

Her website, JCL Investigations Services, also lists mystery shopping, pet tracking, child maintenance fraud and nanny cams as part of her repetroire – while her LinkedIn says she is Managing Director of The Real Lady Detective Agency.


The site states that she offers a bespoke service that tailors to individual cases with a 'unique approach to modern investigations'.

She also posted in October last year on her Facebook page that she has had an increase in business from investigating the world of online child grooming.


Ms O'Connell is from Leicestershire but works in the West Midlands and police say she could be in Birmingham or Coventry.

She is described as white and has shoulder length blonde hair.  She is of medium build and was last seen wearing a black cardigan, black leggings and black high heel shoes.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: "We're currently searching for a missing woman named Jacqueline O'Connell.

"Jacqueline, aged 41, has not been seen or heard from since 2pm yesterday afternoon (30 March).

"She did not return home from work, and hasn't been in contact with friends or family to say where she is. This is extremely out of character."

Anyone with information is asked to contact West Midlands Police via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk between 8am and midnight, or call 101 anytime.

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