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A member of the public reacts as a prison van transports Mark Bridger from Aberystwyth Magistrates Court in Mid Wales on Oct. 8, 2012. Bridger appeared at court on Monday charged with the murder of missing school girl April Jones, child abduction and attempting to pervert the course of justice by disposing of her body.

The former slaughterhouse worker charged in the murder of April Jones, a missing five-year-old girl in a rural area of Wales, made his first appearance in court Monday, a week after she went missing. Mark Bridger was charged with murder, child abduction and attempting to pervert the course of justice by disposing of her body. Jones was last seen getting into a vehicle last Monday near her home in the rural market town of Machynlleth. Eighteen specialist search teams made up of 100 officers are involved in the hunt for Jones.

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Members of a mountain rescue team search the River Dyfi as the hunt for missing April Jones continues on Oct. 4 in Machynlleth, Wales.

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Police forensic officers enter Mark Bridger's house in Esgairgeiliog, Mid Wales on Oct. 4. Police continued to question Bridger about the disappearance of five-year-old April Jones, who went missing from her home town of Machynlleth, on Monday.

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Missing five-year-old girl April Jones.

The search for a missing five-year-old girl in a rural area of Wales was stepped up on Thursday, three days after she went missing. Jones was last seen getting into a vehicle on Monday near her home in the rural market town of Machynlleth.

Police have arrested 46-year-old Mark Bridger in connection with her disappearance.

Rescuers appealed for volunteers with "good local knowledge" to search 32 villages around the town as it emerged that the missing girl needs regular medication for cerebral palsy.

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Volunteer Kirsty Kelly helps to search for missing schoolgirl April Jones, near Aberangell, Mid Wales on Oct. 4.