UK man charged with murder of missing girl
Published: October 6, 2012
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LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors have charged a man with the murder of a missing 5-year-old girl in Wales.
The 46-year-old Mark Bridger was also charged Saturday with child abduction and attempting to pervert the course of justice. He has been in custody since Tuesday, a day after April Jones went missing from outside her home in the Welsh town of Machynlleth.
This undated photo released by Welsh Dyfed-Powys Police, showing missing five-year old schoolgirl April Jones. 46-year old Mark Bridger, has been charged with the abduction and murder of April Jones, along with perverting the course of justice, according to an announcement by Dyfed-Powys Police in Aberystwyth, Wales, on Saturday Oct. 6, 2012. The disappearance of April Jones sparked a huge search effort with hundreds of local volunteers combing nearby woods and fields, but she remains missing. (AP Photo/Dyfed-Powys Police)
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She was last seen by another child getting into a gray van.
The girl's disappearance sparked a huge search effort with hundreds of local volunteers combing woods and fields. She still has not been found, but a prosecutor said there was enough evidence to charge Bridger with murder.
Bridger is due to appear at Aberystwyth Magistrates' Court on Monday.
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