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Georgia Williams disappearance: Police given more time to hold suspect | |
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Detectives searching for missing teenager Georgia Williams have been given more time to question a man being held on suspicion of her murder. | |
The 17-year-old, from Wellington, Shropshire, was last seen in the town on Sunday evening. | |
A man, 22, from Wellington, who was arrested in Glasgow on Tuesday, is being questioned by police in Telford. | A man, 22, from Wellington, who was arrested in Glasgow on Tuesday, is being questioned by police in Telford. |
On Thursday, magistrates in Telford granted the West Mercia force an extra 36 hours to hold the suspect. | |
The force has until 06:30 BST on Saturday to charge or release him. | The force has until 06:30 BST on Saturday to charge or release him. |
A police cordon out in place around part of Brown Moss nature reserve, near Whitchurch, has now been lifted. | |
Officers searched the area on Thursday after items of clothing were found. | |
House searched | |
West Mercia Police said they were not thought to be connected with Georgia's disappearance and the site was no longer part of their investigation. | |
A semi-detached house in Avondale Road, Wellington - where neighbours said a Jamie Reynolds lived with his parents - has also been searched by forensics officers. | |
The force said it was still looking for Georgia "at this moment in time" and 50 detectives were working on the investigation. | The force said it was still looking for Georgia "at this moment in time" and 50 detectives were working on the investigation. |
The suspect was originally arrested at a hotel in Glasgow on suspicion of kidnapping Georgia but the force said later that he was being held on suspicion of her murder. | |
Police are still appealing for information from anyone who saw, or was in contact with Georgia, after she left her home on Sunday night. | |
Officers have also asked for help in tracking the precise movements of a silver Toyota Hiace 300 GS van, registration number CX06 ASV, which travelled from Wellington to Oswestry, Shropshire, before going to Rhyl, Chester, Kendal in Cumbria and then on to Glasgow. |