HUNDREDS of mountain rescue volunteers, dog handlers and police divers have stepped up the hunt for missing five-year-old April Jones as officers continued to question a father of two young girls over her disappearance.
HUNDREDS of mountain rescue volunteers, dog handlers and police divers have stepped up the hunt for missing five-year-old April Jones as officers continued to question a father of two young girls over her disappearance.
MISSING: April Jones was last seen at around 7pm on Monday and the search for her was yesterday stepped up.
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Helen McArdle
Police insisted the size of the operation sent a signal they were not scaling back the search, as hopes the child might be recovered alive began to fade.
With the search entering a fourth day since April disappeared while playing with friends outside her home in Machynlleth in mid-Wales, the hunt was narrowed to 20 locations, including houses, outbuildings, open areas and river banks around the country town.
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