Mark Bridger and his blue Land Rover Discovery - registration L503MEP
BBC reports: Police have given more details of the scale of the search for missing April Jones in mid Wales.
Police have given more details of the scale of the search for missing April Jones in mid Wales.
In the latest news conference, detectives said they are focusing on over 20 scenes including the River Dyfi.
Earlier Coral Jones made an emotional appeal for help tracing her daughter missing from near her home in Machynlleth at 19:00 BST on Monday.
Police are continuing to interview Mark Bridger arrested on Tuesday afternoon.
Det Supt Reg Bevan, who is leading the inquiry, said they had received over 400 calls from member of public since his earlier appeal for information on the whereabouts of Mark Bridger between Monday evening and Tuesday afternoon.
“We are actively working through that information,” he said.
He went on to say: “We are focusing on over 20 scenes. We have searched several of them in the Machynlleth area. These searches are continuing.
Supt Ian John said over 100 mountain resuce volunteers, over 100 specialist search officers from around Wales, 20 dog handlers along with two RNLI vessels, kayakers and the Dyfed-Powys marine unit had been drafted into the search.
Three leading experts from the Police National Search Centre were also advising the force.
“Over the next 24 hours we have plans for more specific search officers to search for April,” he said.
“There’s no way we are scaling back our search and we remain focused until we find April.”
When asked about Mr Bridger, Det Supt Bevan: “We have interviewed Mark Bridger. He has been interviewed twice.
April Jones in the purple coat she was believed to be wearing“Clearly our focus is to find April. That’s primarily what we have been discussing with him.”
Earlier on Wednesday, April’s mother Coral Jones broke down in tears as she appealed for information.
“It’s been 36 hours since April was taken from us and there must be someone out there who knows where she is and can help the police find her,” she said.
“We are desperate for any news. April is only five years old – please, please help find her.”
Det Supt Reg Bevan repeated his appeal for anyone who saw seen Mr Bridger or his blue Land Rover Discovery between 17:00 BST on Monday and 15:30 BST on Tuesday to contact police.
“Do you know Mark Bridger and did you see him during that period Monday evening and Tuesday afternoon?” he said.
“Do not assume somebody else has already contacted us with information. Even if you feel yours is trivial, it might be the vital piece that we need.
Det Supt Bevan had revealed that Mr Bridger was wearing a camouflage green jacket and black waterproof over trousers when he was arrested.
He showed pictures of Mr Bridger and of his blue Land Rover Discovery, registration number L503MEP, and asked for anyone who had seen it to get in touch.
“The Land Rover Discovery was recovered from a repair garage in the Old Station Road area of Machynlleth on Tuesday afternoon,” he said.
Despite asking volunteers to stand down from the search process earlier on Wednesday, police asked some of the local volunteer search teams to rejoin the hunt for April.
Hundreds of volunteers from across the country joined the search on Tuesday and those arriving at Machynlleth leisure centre early on Wednesday were turned away.
An area close to where Mr Bridger was arrested on Tuesday afternoon – the A487 main road north out of Machynlleth. – remains closed in both directions for 12 miles.
Dyfed-Powys Police have asked anyone with information to contact a dedicated hotline on 0300 2000 333.
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Never give up hope. A young 14 year old was abducted by a registered child molester last week and with the help of Amber Alert updates was found in 3 days. Praying for April. xx
Thanks so much Les. Today we need a good news report. Three days must have felt like 3 years for that child. And the parents.
We never give up hope, right Les?
Prayers thoughts and reblogs could bring her home, Dear God.
Yes. Sent out on Twitter – will again later or tomorrow. FB has many posts about her also. God willing she will be back unharmed
Somehow knowing all this effort going into finding this little girl will pay off. I feel hope Les, its time to use faith if you have it. I know you do. Thanks again!
Sounds good information is making its way to where it matters. Praying for quick return of April Jones.
Thanks Tess for coming by. It is so appreciated my friend.
This train (BTH) is trying to buod up more steam. the fine people who are visiting like you are trying. Each reblog gets it that many more people and the hope is that it just continues to go forward
That is BTH’s vision -to do just like you said.
Thanks so much for your participation ~ BB.
My heart aches for April’s parents; it’s gut-wrenching. I pray that she will be found alive and well.
Blessings my sister ~ Maxi
Me too Maxi. ts been awful to think what her parents are going through. I cannot even imagine. It is these waiting vigils that are trying to the soul even for us, so for the families…. it makes me sick.
We will check in the morning for any updaes and keep then posted/
It feels like a good thing to have this community here to combine the strength of our prayers and give great volume to our collective voices. I’m most grateful for this at times like this. I used to do the waiting for a missing child alone. now I feel like I have community.
Thanks Maxi for being such an important person to me,
MY kove my Sister. Thank you ~
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I hope to God she is found, safe and well. This story has ripped us apart (as a nation).
“Dear God,
Let April be kept safe, unafraid and returned home quickly to her Mum and Dad.
Please help the Police in their search and please whisper to anyone that knows something to come forward.
Faith and Hope is what April needs; And what we all do.
Please God strengthen her Family.and bring April home safe, well and unharmed.”
Amen
The reason I wrote this prayer up is when anyone reads it, they will have prayed too.
My dear Imogen~
I am sad that this is the way we are meeting but am grateful at the same time. Thank you for your Universal prayer/ I loved it being a woman of deep faith I have been prayerful for the last almost 5 days now.
What I am especially smitten with is why you wrote your prayer aside April & her family being an obvious inspiriatiion.
You writing ot so that others may pray by just reading is the most beautiful spiritual sentiment I may have ever heard.
We hope that you will be a regular visitor and become a reblogger of alerts when we send them out which as soon as we learn of a missing child or person. Or any inforamtion. Our hope is to reblog the information so many times, to so many eyes that between us and other social media doing similar that we will make it impossible for a predator to hide and hide a child.
God Bless you real BIG Omogen~
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Thank you for your words and Thanking You for your work. I felt so helpless (like we all do) and writing the Prayer was the only thing that I could think of personally I could do.
I have just read the latest update that you left for the BBC link. It is a tearful time as the present news does not look good.
Let us keep praying.