26/09/2013

Funeral Service Held For April Jones

A funeral service has been held for April Jones, the five-year-old girl murdered by Mark Bridger almost a year ago.

Family, friends, members of the local community, police and members of a search and rescue team that had helped search for the missing girl gathered in April's hometown of Machynlleth in mid Wales for the service.

April's body has never been found despite a search operation that was one of the biggest in UK police history.

47-year-old Mark Bridger abducted April Jones on 1 October last year. He was jailed for life in May following a month-long-trial. He will never be released from prison.

(MH/JP)

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The search for April Jones is to finish by the end of April, according to police. Officers from Dyfed Powys Police have been searching for the five-year-old girl since she went missing from her home in Machynlleth, Powys, Wales, in October last year.
09 October 2012
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As the search for 5-year-old April Jones enters its eight day police checkpoints remain in place around the town where she went missing. The road blocks were put in place in Machynlleth, Powys, on Monday night as officers hoped drivers may remember crucial details from last week. 18 police teams are now involved as the search for April intensifies.
12 December 2012
Hunt For April Jones Continues
The search for missing five year old April Jones is set to continue. Dyfed-Powys Police have not set an end date for the operation but will scale back the search over Christmas. Superintendent Ian John said police have been hunting for April since she was last seen in Machynlleth, Powys, on 1 October, near her Welsh home.
17 November 2014
Rented Home Of Mark Bridger Demolished
The former rented home of Mark Bridger, where he is believed to have murdered five-year-old April Jones, has been destroyed. According to reports, Carol and Paul Jones, April's parents, watched as the house was demolished. Bridger was sentenced to a whole-life term for the abduction and murder of April in October 2012.
05 October 2012
April Jones Hunt Continues
The search for missing five-year-old April Jones has continued into its fifth day. Dyfed-Powys Police have arrested Mark Bridger, 46, on suspicion of murder. April, who suffers from cerebral palsy, was last seen by another child near her home in the Bryn Y Gog estate in Machynlleth, mid Wales, at around 7pm on Monday.