Greater than 60 specialist search officers from 4 police forces are scouring a rural magnificence spot in Lancashire for 33-year-old Katie Kenyon.
A 50-year-old man from Burnley who's being questioned on suspicion of kidnap has been additional arrested on suspicion of homicide.
Detective are set to ask magistrates for additional time to quiz the suspect who is alleged to be identified to Ms Kenyon.
Ms Kenyon, from Padiham in Burnley, has not been seen by her apprehensive household since final Friday morning.
The hunt, involving search canines and a airplane, is concentrated on the dense Gisburn Forest within the Ribble Valley, mentioned to be the biggest wooded space within the county – measuring greater than 1,200 hectares (2,965 acres, or greater than 4.6 sq. miles) – and fashionable with walkers and cyclists.
Officers from the Lancashire, Higher Manchester, Merseyside and North Wales police forces are combing the realm, assisted by Lancashire Fireplace and Rescue Service and the Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Group.
At about 9.30am on Friday, a lady matching Ms Kenyon’s description left an handle on Todmorden Highway within the city with a person and travelled in a silver Ford Transit, registration MT57 FLC, to the Bolton-by-Bowland space of north Lancashire.
She has not been seen since.
Det Supt Gary Brooks, Lancashire Police’s head of main crime, mentioned: “Whereas I maintain some slim hope that Katie should be discovered alive I’m unhappy to say that Katie has now been lacking for over 4 days.
“Regardless of intensive police enquiries and media appeals now we have not discovered Katie nor have there been any sightings of Katie.
“Now we have spoken to Katie’s household as we speak and they're understandably extraordinarily upset by this newest growth and I've officers persevering with to supply them help. My ideas are with them at the moment.
“I'm actually grateful for all the assistance that members of the general public have given us up to now and I might proceed to enchantment to anybody who has any info, nevertheless small, to come back ahead and converse to us. Whereas we do have somebody beneath arrest our enquiries are very a lot ongoing.
“We're persevering with to look a variety of completely different areas in reference to this investigation, together with at Gisburn Forest and I'm grateful to colleagues from Merseyside and North Wales, and different emergency service companions who're providing help within the these complicated and wide-scale searches.
“I'm conscious that many members of the general public have provided to assist us in these searches and whereas I'm grateful for that I might dissuade anybody from doing so. The realm we're looking out may be very giant and distant with no cellphone sign.
“The police groups are educated professionals who're used to doing this form of work and I might hate for somebody to get misplaced or come to hurt whereas making an attempt to assist. Please depart it to us.”
Police beforehand issued a photograph of the silver Transit van – present in Burnley – and are persevering with to enchantment for anybody who noticed the automobile, or has dashcam footage, to come back ahead.
Ms Kenyon is described as white, 5ft 9in, with shoulder-length strawberry blonde/ginger hair.
She was final seen carrying a blue shirt or jacket and white vest prime, black leggings and flip flops.
Her household, who say her disappearance is out of character, are being supported by specifically educated officers.
Anybody with info ought to name police on 101 quoting log 800 of April 24 or you may contact police via the Main Incident Public Portal at https://mipp.police.uk/operation/0401020119P01-PO1
Alternatively, contact impartial charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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