Missing mother of murdered schoolgirl Tia Rigg found safe and well

The mother of a 12-year-old girl who was stabbed and strangled in Manchester has been found safe and well after going missing from her home. Lynn Ahmed, 34, disappeared from her home in Higher Broughton, in Salford, yesterday, five days after the body of her daughter, Tia Rigg, was discovered. Her disappearance prompted fears that Ahmed was a suicide risk and police launched an urgent appeal to find her. Ahmed's disappearance came on the same day that her brother, John Maden, 37, appeared at Manchester crown court charged with the schoolgirl's murder. He is set to appear in court in June. Police in Manchester said Ahmed had been found and was talking to police officers. A spokesman said: "She was found safe and well at a friend's house this morning. She is with officers at the moment." Ahmed and Rigg's three younger brothers and sisters were described by the head of the murder inquiry as "devastated, with their world falling apart" following her murder.