Officers narrow down search of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire and say further searches will take place in daylight
Police searching for Sian O'Callaghan have said they are "very close" to identifying her whereabouts.
Officers have narrowed down a search of Savernake Forest in Wiltshire after a day spent trawling through dense woodland and more analysis of mobile phone records. Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, who is leading the inquiry, said further searches, involving specialist sniffer dogs, would take place in daylight and that the public's help was no longer needed.
Fulcher said: "We have made good progress in narrowing the search using a number of technologies and techniques and I believe we are getting very close to identifying Sian's whereabouts.
"Searches will be limited by available daylight but we will be further assisted by specialist dog teams who arrive tomorrow and resume the search as soon as daylight permits. While I still want anyone with information to contact police I am not asking for any more public assistance with searches at this time."
A force spokeswoman refused to expand on the statement and declined to say whether the statement meant police believed O'Callaghan ? or her body ? was actually in the forest.
O'Callaghan, 22, disappeared after leaving Suju nightclub at about 2.50am on Saturday to walk the half mile home to the flat she shared with her boyfriend, Kevin Reape.
Analysis of O'Callaghan's mobile phone records suggests that around 30 minutes after she left the club her phone was somewhere in the 4,500-acre Savernake Forest, near Marlborough, 12 miles from Swindon. Hundreds of members of the public helped the police search the forest on Tuesday and as many as 1,000 had been preparing to join the search for office administrator O'Callaghan again. Coach parties had been organised and some taxi drivers were offering free lifts out to the site. However police requested that people stay away after narrowing the search area down.
Chief Superintendent Steve Hedley, area commander for Swindon, said earlier in the day that further analysis of mobile phone records had produced several "hot spots" that specialist search teams were examining.
Colleagues of O'Callaghan told how she was in good spirits and looking forward to the weekend before she disappeared. Liz Watson, operations director at industrial storage company Dexion, said: "We are all very worried about her at the moment and hope that further developments of her whereabouts will come to light soon."
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/23/police-missing-sian-o-callaghan
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