LIVE UPDATES: Police appeal in search for missing Machynlleth girl (From Western Telegraph)
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LIVE UPDATES: Police appeal in search for missing Machynlleth girl
9:42am Tuesday 2nd October 2012 in News
Dyfed-Powys Police is appealing for information following the suspected abduction of a five-year-old girl in Machynlleth.
April Jones was seen getting into a grey or light coloured van at 7pm on Monday (October 1st) when playing with friends near her home.
April was last seen wearing a purple, knee-length coat with a fur hood, white school polo top and black trousers.
The police said that all the witnesses to her suspected abduction from the Bryn-y-Gog estate were children.
Around 200 people helped in a search of streets, farmland and woodland through the night.
A hotline number has been released for people to call with information - 0300 2000 333.
For live updates on the search see below.