Overview
- Nearly 14 years after five-year-old April vanished from Machynlleth in 2012, sister Hazel Jones has spoken publicly about the enduring pain and fear that followed the murder.
- Hazel voiced support for harsh treatment of Mark Bridger in custody, saying he should "suffer" and "live in fear," and called the death penalty an "easy way out."
- Prison officials confirmed Bridger was assaulted at HMP Wakefield in 2025, and he was reported to have been attacked again last month.
- Bridger was convicted in 2013 of child abduction, murder, perverting the course of justice and unlawful concealment and disposal of a body, receiving a whole-life term.
- Most of April's body has never been found, with only bone fragments recovered at Bridger's cottage, a lack of closure compounded by the later death of April's father, Paul Jones.