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| Murder charge over missing Jayden Parkinson | Murder charge over missing Jayden Parkinson |
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| A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a missing teenager. | A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a missing teenager. |
| Officers are treating the disappearance of Jayden Parkinson, from Oxford, as murder. The 17-year-old was last seen on Tuesday, 3 December. | Officers are treating the disappearance of Jayden Parkinson, from Oxford, as murder. The 17-year-old was last seen on Tuesday, 3 December. |
| Ben Blakeley, of Christchurch Road, Reading, was charged late on Sunday with her murder and with perverting the course of justice, Thames Valley Police said. | Ben Blakeley, of Christchurch Road, Reading, was charged late on Sunday with her murder and with perverting the course of justice, Thames Valley Police said. |
| He is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court later. | He is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court later. |
| A 17-year-old boy, who was also arrested on suspicion of murder, remains in police custody. | A 17-year-old boy, who was also arrested on suspicion of murder, remains in police custody. |
| Earlier, police called on the public to "refrain from carrying out their own searches" for missing Jayden. | Earlier, police called on the public to "refrain from carrying out their own searches" for missing Jayden. |
| The teenage girl was last seen on CCTV at 16:07 GMT on 3 December boarding a train at Oxford railway station to Didcot Parkway. | |
| Detectives previously said they wanted to speak to a man seen "struggling" with a suitcase about her disappearance. | |
| Police want to trace the man, who was seen in Upton at 02:00 GMT on Monday, 9 December. | |
| The same man was seen in nearby Didcot about half an hour later. | |
| The man is described as white, aged about 20, about 5ft 7in (1.7m) tall with a slim or medium build and short dark hair. He was wearing light-coloured jeans. | |
| The case is described as being of light-coloured canvas, possibly pale blue. | |
| Over the weekend, specialist officers have been searching in and around the village of Upton. |