Deceased/Not Found UK - April Jones, 5, Machynlleth, Wales, 1 Oct 2012 #2 *M. Bridger guilty*

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lisser said:
There are so many conflicting reports. That was what I was getting at with my initial post. My head is spinning from the contradictions that have been printed. I mean, how hard can it be to get the correct time of the parent's night, or whether or not her parents where home from there when she disappeared. I can kind of forgive the fact that MB was said to be in two different places at 6pm by a time generalization (I myself say it's 6:00 when it's really 5 minutes after, etc.), but the rest just makes me so confused.
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The problem is that these days with 27/4 reporting, internet, twitter etc the media put out information almost instantly and it's not always correct. Journalists are under too much time pressure to check and double check these days. Sometimes things get corrected but often not before lots of people have read the "incorrect stuff". And sometimes they don't correct earlier reports at all.
 
lisser said:
This link says she was 200 yards away. That's about 2 football fields away.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view...lead-for-information-on-missing-five-year-old

The man, identified as Mark Bridger, a former soldier, is being held on suspicion of abducting April as she played with friends just 200 yards from her home in the small town of Machynlleth, mid-Wales.
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And yet this link says 250 feet

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ocations-and-events-in-Machynlleth-Wales.html

Assuming I got the exact locations correct, I did a measurement on Google Earth and 250 feet is about right.
 
stacemcace said:
Its so heartbreaking to see how devastated those people are. I've seen the minister being interviewed a few times and I find it hard to hold it together. She is so devastated
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It is truly tragic. I saw the minister too, she was close to tears. It breaks my heart.
 
stacemcace said:
Its so heartbreaking to see how devastated those people are. I've seen the minister being interviewed a few times and I find it hard to hold it together. She is so devastated
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And this:

One policeman was inconsolable in the pews :cry::cry:
 
kmclaren said:
And this:

One policeman was inconsolable in the pews :cry::cry:
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They're probably all overtired too which makes them even more vulnerable to emotional distress. I am glad they're now scaling back to no more overnight searching.
 
kmclaren said:
And this:

One policeman was inconsolable in the pews :cry::cry:
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Long time reader, first time posting:

It has to be so difficult on those in emergency services. They try so hard. They often see the family's pain up close. They must be consumed with trying to think of another place to look, another clue to find, etc. I am sure that these type of situations stay with them their whole life. I feel for them. I am heartbroken for this family and I am far away from the situation. Still holding out hope that little April will be brought home safely. I realize it is a long shot but stranger things have happened.
 
lisser said:
There are so many conflicting reports. That was what I was getting at with my initial post. My head is spinning from the contradictions that have been printed. I mean, how hard can it be to get the correct time of the parent's night, or whether or not her parents where home from there when she disappeared. I can kind of forgive the fact that MB was said to be in two different places at 6pm by a time generalization (I myself say it's 6:00 when it's really 5 minutes after, etc.), but the rest just makes me so confused.
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I know, same here. I find the timing next morning has the same contradictory sightings.
 
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No one else find it odd that the mom called the godmother before the police and told her "They PUT her in a van. They TOOK her away." No one?
 
Adorabella said:
Hey Opal. :) I want to believe that the police have the person responsible but based on what they have let us know thus far, it doesn't add up. Of course there may be all manner of stuff that they are keeping quiet, or at least I am hoping that's the case but we did see this same situation before with Chris Jeffries and it wasn't him. The press wrote all sorts of things about Chris Jeffries and many members of the public and previous students had things to say about his 'weirdness' which did not make him a murderer.

MB may be entirely responsible for whatever has happened to April.

However, based on what WE know (not what the police know), it seems unlikely to me at this stage.

What seems more likely is that the police have to be seen to be progressing in the investigation and in changing it to one of 'murder' it certainly looks like progress but is it?
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HI Adorabella.

Yes, and we don't know much due to all the contradictory press reporting.

Locals reported that he told them when he moved there that he had left the army due to back problems. Then the Telegraph uses the headline "Former soldier.." as if it were fact. Now the Ministry of Defence have come out and said he did not ever serve, in any capacity. As I mentioned before, this worried me, as in my line of work I have often met offenders who say they have been in the army to hide their past. But no-one has come forward to tell any horror stories about MB and I have seen nothing detailing a criminal record - contrary to the Tia case where SH's record was bandied all over the place for us all to see.

This time tomorrow the police will have made their call. He will be charged and remanded in custody pending trial, or released without charge, or released on bail (if they don't have enough evidence).

I have a strong feeling that if April is dead, her body will not be found. My husband works for Mountain Rescue and feels that if she were there, they would have found her by now, or items relevant. Maybe they have found some relevant items - we wouldn't know. I'm sorry for the lovely little child :(
 
Clio said:
The problem is that these days with 27/4 reporting, internet, twitter etc the media put out information almost instantly and it's not always correct. Journalists are under too much time pressure to check and double check these days. Sometimes things get corrected but often not before lots of people have read the "incorrect stuff". And sometimes they don't correct earlier reports at all.
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Isn't that the main point of websleuths? ;)
 
Did anyone else relook at MBs photo after he was rearrested on suspicion of murder and see if they could see that coldness in his eyes, I did, but its all so subjective isnt it and influenced

I still think nothing has been unearthed in his past to cast suspicion on him

Do people intheir 40s suddenly become child abductors?
 
Clutchbag said:
Did anyone else relook at MBs photo after he was rearrested on suspicion of murder and see if they could see that coldness in his eyes, I did, but its all so subjective isnt it and influenced
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I don't think that means anything bad about him. I think if I was being accused of abducting a child and had been questioned all day for several days by (probably unfriendly) policemen, I'd be emotionally drained, wouldn't be able to sleep well even in the 8 hours allowed, and would have cold looking eyes. Not saying he's innocent, just that I don't think you can go much by how someone looks undergoing those circumstances.

Edit: Oh sorry I just reread your post and you were talking about another earlier photo.
 
sleuther317 said:
No one else find it odd that the mom called the godmother before the police and told her "They PUT her in a van. They TOOK her away." No one?
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I would have thought police would be first to be called if they were sure she was abducted

I havent read what time police were called here so cant comment further

This is starting to seem like the madeleine mccann case in so many ways

kate Mccann called her mum that evening and said shes gone mum shes gone, frequently interpreted as shes dead
 
Inge Jones said:
I don't think that means anything bad about him. I think if I was being accused of abducting a child and had been questioned all day for several days by (probably unfriendly) policemen, I'd be emotionally drained, wouldn't be able to sleep well even in the 8 hours allowed, and would have cold looking eyes. Not saying he's innocent, just that I don't think you can go much by how someone looks undergoing those circumstances.

Edit: Oh sorry I just reread your post and you were talking about another earlier photo.
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Yes I tend to agree, first impressions are normally the most accurate and I think this guys innocent and something very fishy is behind it and its a bunch of women, jmo

edit no i was talking about all photos, agree the mugshot one looked sad and scared but couldnt see a killer in it
 
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