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Thursday, October 4, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-19805565
October 2, 2012: Machynlleth, WALES: April Jones Kidnapping Update: A 46-year-old man has been arrested by police looking for a five-year-old girl abducted from her street in mid Wales. April Jones was with friends near her Machynlleth home when she "willingly" got into a van at 19:00 BST on Monday.
Police said they are continuing their search in order to bring her home to her family.
Volunteers helping the search have been asked to stand down as officers plan to use thermal imaging equipment as their attempts to find April continue.
Det Supt Reg Bevan, who is leading the inquiry, said: "We knew who we were looking for."
Police said the man was arrested on the A487 main road out of Machynlleth, which has been closed in both directions as far as Cross Foxes, near Dolgellau, 12 miles away.
The coastguard has also confirmed land-based coastguard rescue teams from Borth, Aberystwyth and Aberdyfi are helping in the search along the River Dyfi and RNLI inshore lifeboats from Borth and Aberdyfi have also been called out.
Speaking at a news conference in Aberystwyth on Tuesday afternoon, Det Supt Reg Bevan said: "Within the last hour we have arrested a 46-year-old man from the Machynlleth area who has been detained at Aberystwyth Police Station.
April was last seen wearing this purple knee-length coat
"We made the arrest just outside Machynlleth and we're hopeful that the individual will assist in locating April who is still missing."
He said that the man arrested was being sought by police and was stopped while he was walking along a road outside the town. His vehicle, similar to the one described by witnesses, has now been recovered.
"We knew he was in the area, we've been anxious to trace him and speak to him," he added.
Det Supt Bevan added: "We're still pursuing all lines of inquiry with the view that April is still alive and will continue to do so until we find her."
When asked if police were looking for anyone else, he said: "It's a very early stage. He is a local man and it's a small community. I wouldn't like to speculate further."
But he went on to say: "We have a number of leads. Some are higher priority than others.
"This man is significant, clearly, but I'm sure there are other people in the area who can assist and I would appeal to them to get in touch."
Supt Ian John added: "We are continuing with the searches and can I ask everyone who has already looked in their sheds, outbuildings to do so once more, we still have a missing five year old."
He said the search for April had involved mountain rescue teams, British Transport Police, police dogs and helicopters as well as people from the town and the surrounding area who had helped with the efforts.
During an earlier news conference on Tuesday, Det Supt Bevan said police had gleaned more information from children who had been playing with April shortly before she went missing near her home on the Bryn Y Gog estate.
He said the children had told police the vehicle involved looked like a grey or light coloured van and that April has appeared to get inside "willingly".
He said at the time they had a significant number of pieces of information and that officers were concentrating efforts in the immediate vicinity following specialist advice.
Police have praised the "tremendous response" from the community as hundreds of people have been gathering at the local leisure centre to help with the search.
Road blocks have been set up as officers and hundreds of local people continue conducting searches of the local area, woodland and isolated farmland.
Police helicopters, the fire service and police dog teams have been mobilised. Refuse collections in the area were suspended on Tuesday as council workers were re-deployed to help the search.
Bus companies have also been ferrying groups of people around the large, rural area to widen the search.
Police outside the Jones family home
Search volunteer Anwen Morris said locals had searched an area with a 30-mile radius using quad bikes and off-road vehicles.
Mayor of Machynlleth Gareth Jones said people had travelled from outside of the area to help.
"We live in hope," he said. "I want to appeal to people out there who may have seen something, even if they thought it's not of very much importance, to come forward and tell police."
Volunteers joining police in the search in fields
Powys County Council said it was providing support for pupils and staff at April's school - Ysgol Gynradd Machynlleth.
Brian Vaughn, whose daughter goes to school with April, described her as a "lovely little girl". He said: "Everybody just wants her back, really.
"Whatever we've got to do, we'll do it. We're just hoping for the best, that she's closer rather than further away."
Neighbour Rhydian Mason said: "It's completely heartbreaking. I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of April's parents and it's an awful feeling in the pit of the stomach."
St Peter's Church in the town has organised a vigil for people in the town where candles will be lit and prayers said for the missing schoolgirl.
According to Home Office figures there were 532 child abductions in England and Wales between 2011 and 2012.
About 500 children under 16 are abducted each year - but the majority of these are parental abductions, according to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop).
Dyfed-Powys Police have asked anyone with information to contact a dedicated hotline on 0300 2000 333.
NDA BERRY MARSHALL WAS LOCATED DECEASED ON 10/2/2012.
VONDA BERRY MARSHALL WAS LOCATED DECEASED ON 10/2/2012.
10/3/2012: I regret to bring the news Vonda Berry Marshall missing from Johnson City, Tennessee has been ▬►LOCATED DECEASED according to the Facebook page set up by her family: It's been a really sad day. Being with the family today when they received the news about Vonda was so, so very sad. The officers that came was very nice and broke the news as easily as they possibly could.
Just being a friend of the family I would rather not say anything about what they told us. I feel it's the family's place to tell what they want to in their own time and in their own ways. Right now they need the time to grieve the loss of Vonda in their own ways also.
Just please keep the entire family in your thoughts and Prayers. This is very hard on each and everyone of them. Prayers, God giving them strength and friends will see them through this.
SOURCE: https://www.facebook.com/
ARTICLE: The Carter County Sheriff's Department has found a body in Watauga Lake. Sheriff Chris Mathes confirmed Wednesday night around 6:30 p.m. that it is missing 28-year-old Vonda Donaldson of Johnson City.
Captain Mike Street with the Johnson City police says Donaldson's boyfriend Steven Bennett is the only suspect in the case. Police say Bennett told family he choked Donaldson to death during an argument at her apartment Saturday night.
He's currently in jail on an unrelated parole violation."
MISSING PERSON: LUKE STOUT, LAST SEEN BY HIS FAMILY ON JULY/18/2012....
Elizabeth Stout updated the description.
MISSING PERSON: LUKE STOUT, LAST SEEN BY HIS FAMILY ON JULY/18/2012.... He IS 24 YRS. OLD...BUT COULD BE TAKEN AS LOOKIN YOUNGER. ABOUT 5/7...IIO TO 120 LBS... SHORT BROWN HAIR...BROWN EYES...CLEAN SHAVEN....LARGE SCAR BELOW HIS KNEE...AND A TATTOO ON HIS UPPER LEFT ARM....HE ALSO SMOKES CIGARETTES....HE WAS WEARING BLUE JEANS....BOXER UNDERWEAR....BLACK T SHIRT WITH THE SLEVES CUT OFF....BLACK SNEACKERS WITH NEON GREEN SHOES LASES....AND....POSSIBLY A COAT....LAST SEEN AT HOME IN Buckhannon, WV. BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF.... 3pm.-5pm.... The STATE TROOPERS HAVE PLACED HIM ON THIER MISSING PERSON LIST.... PLEASE SHARE HIS PICTURE... ALONG WITH....LUKE'S.... INFORMATION, AND MY PHONE NUMBER....304-472-2141....OR..
MISSING PERSON: LUKE STOUT, LAST SEEN BY HIS FAMILY ON JULY/18/2012.... He IS 24 YRS. OLD...BUT COULD BE TAKEN AS LOOKIN YOUNGER. ABOUT 5/7...IIO TO 120 LBS... SHORT BROWN HAIR...BROWN EYES...CLEAN SHAVEN....LARGE SCAR BELOW HIS KNEE...AND A TATTOO ON HIS UPPER LEFT ARM....HE ALSO SMOKES CIGARETTES....HE WAS WEARING BLUE JEANS....BOXER UNDERWEAR....BLACK T SHIRT WITH THE SLEVES CUT OFF....BLACK SNEACKERS WITH NEON GREEN SHOES LASES....AND....POSSIBLY A COAT....LAST SEEN AT HOME IN Buckhannon, WV. BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF.... 3pm.-5pm.... The STATE TROOPERS HAVE PLACED HIM ON THIER MISSING PERSON LIST.... PLEASE SHARE HIS PICTURE... ALONG WITH....LUKE'S.... INFORMATION, AND MY PHONE NUMBER....304-472-2141....OR..
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