Kidnap suspect arrested on suspicion of murdering missing Georgia Williams
A man being questioned by police about the disappearance of Wellington teenager Georgia Williams has now been arrested on suspicion of murdering her.
The 22-year-old Telford man was originally arrested at a Glasgow hotel early yesterday on suspicion of kidnapping 17-year-old Georgia, who has not been seen since last Sunday evening.
However detectives from West Mercia Police and Warwickshire police forces last night arrested him on suspicion of murder after he had been brought back to Telford from Scotland.
Telford and Wrekin Commander, Superintendent Nav Malik said today: “The arrest of the suspect for murder follows developments in the investigation since yesterday afternoon but for operational reasons and because we have someone in custody I am not able to give any further details about that at this time.
“However I would like to stress that Georgia Williams has still not been found and achieving that is still the primary focus of our investigation. Therefore we still urgently want people to come forward and tell us if they have seen or had any contact with her since 7.30pm on Sunday when she left the family home.
“I would remind people that Georgia, who is white, 5ft 3ins, slim and with long, dyed, red hair, was last seen wearing a waist length black leather jacket over a white T-shirt which has a London bus motif on it. She was also wearing black, skinny jeans and flat, black suede slip-on shoes.
“We also want to hear from anyone who may have seen a silver Toyota Hiace 300 GS panel van, registration CX06 ASV, which know took a route from Wellington to Oswestry in Shropshire before moving on to Rhyl, Chester, Kendal in Cumbria and then Glasgow.
“If you think you saw this vehicle either en route or parked somewhere between Sunday evening and when we recovered it in a car park in Glasgow city centre yesterday then please let us know. The vehicle had ladders on the roof and we know it was driven by the suspect prior to his arrest.
“The smallest scrap of detail could be vital to our enquiries so even if you think it may not be important please tell us so that we can check it out.”
Anyone with information should call the dedicated incident room on 0800 056 0944. Details may also be passed on anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
