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| Murder arrest over missing woman | Murder arrest over missing woman |
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| Police searching for a woman who has been missing for more than a week have arrested a man on suspicion of murder. | |
| Kirsty Grabham, 24, has been missing from her home in Rosehill Terrace, Swansea, since the early hours of last Saturday morning. | Kirsty Grabham, 24, has been missing from her home in Rosehill Terrace, Swansea, since the early hours of last Saturday morning. |
| South Wales Police said a 24-year-old man remains in custody after his arrest on Friday evening. | |
| Det Supt Paul Burke said they hoped Mrs Grabham was still alive but were treating her disappearance as murder. | Det Supt Paul Burke said they hoped Mrs Grabham was still alive but were treating her disappearance as murder. |
| Police said she was last seen getting into a taxi that picked her up from a friend's home in Dan y Graig Road in the Port Tennant area of the city shortly before 0400 GMT on Saturday 28 March. | Police said she was last seen getting into a taxi that picked her up from a friend's home in Dan y Graig Road in the Port Tennant area of the city shortly before 0400 GMT on Saturday 28 March. |
| She had been at the Play nightclub with friends earlier that night. | She had been at the Play nightclub with friends earlier that night. |
| Det Supt Burke, of the Major Crime team, who is leading the investigation, said: "Although we very much hope that Kirsty is still alive, due to the circumstances of her going missing, we are now treating her disappearance as a murder." | Det Supt Burke, of the Major Crime team, who is leading the investigation, said: "Although we very much hope that Kirsty is still alive, due to the circumstances of her going missing, we are now treating her disappearance as a murder." |
| Officers are keen to trace the taxi driver who is believed to have taken Mrs Grabham home. | Officers are keen to trace the taxi driver who is believed to have taken Mrs Grabham home. |
| They also want to speak to anyone who may have seen, or heard her, near her home that night, or saw anything suspicious, after the taxi dropped her off. | They also want to speak to anyone who may have seen, or heard her, near her home that night, or saw anything suspicious, after the taxi dropped her off. |
| She was last seen wearing a black sleeveless top and white shorts, and is described as white, 5ft 2ins tall, with shoulder-length straight blonde hair, of slim build, with an English accent. | She was last seen wearing a black sleeveless top and white shorts, and is described as white, 5ft 2ins tall, with shoulder-length straight blonde hair, of slim build, with an English accent. |
| Anyone with information about Kirsty should call police on 01792 562731 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. | Anyone with information about Kirsty should call police on 01792 562731 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. |