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02/10/2012
Missing Girl 'Got Into Van Willingly'
Missing five-year-old girl April Jones is said to have climbed into a van without a struggle, police report.
She was last seen by another child getting into a grey or light-coloured van near her home in the Bryn Y Gog estate in Machynlleth, mid Wales, at around 7pm on Monday.
April was wearing a purple knee-length coat with grey fur around the hood, a white polo top and black trousers.
During a press conference, Detective Superintendent Reg Bevan of Dyfed-Powys Police said:
"The indications are that she got into the vehicle willingly ... It's very difficult to give an exact account of what happened. There's nothing to suggest at this stage that there was a struggle when she got into the car.
"That is delicate and time-consuming. We are trying to extract exactly what they have seen and we are very anxious to provide the most accurate information we can without misleading anyone in any way."
A description of the suspect has not yet been released.
(GK)
She was last seen by another child getting into a grey or light-coloured van near her home in the Bryn Y Gog estate in Machynlleth, mid Wales, at around 7pm on Monday.
April was wearing a purple knee-length coat with grey fur around the hood, a white polo top and black trousers.
During a press conference, Detective Superintendent Reg Bevan of Dyfed-Powys Police said:
"The indications are that she got into the vehicle willingly ... It's very difficult to give an exact account of what happened. There's nothing to suggest at this stage that there was a struggle when she got into the car.
"That is delicate and time-consuming. We are trying to extract exactly what they have seen and we are very anxious to provide the most accurate information we can without misleading anyone in any way."
A description of the suspect has not yet been released.
(GK)
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