I read somewhere that it’s possible her DNA could be there legitimately as she used to play with his kids and may have been playing in his jeep previously.

Yes, and if she was only in the jeep while he drove her somewhere else the most they’d probably find would be hairs or something equally explainable from her playing in it with his kids. Unless he hit her or did something worse to her in the jeep there’d be nothing to find.

Correct Danny. Wait for the looney lefties to respond to this…

And what if he turned out to be innocent? As was pointed out above the police don’t seem to have found any DNA evidence in his jeep.

How do you know what the police have found out yet you clown? It amazes me the blinkered opinions on this tragic story. I mean why don’t we stop the investigation all together and just do what the forensic experts on this page suggest. Even better set the paedophile free and relocate him next door to some of the forensic experts and bleeding liberals on this page!

@ Robbyn: Maybe you should grow up rather than engaging in name calling. Maybe cop on to yourself a little bit. I don’t believe in torturing suspects in criminal investigations, because too often the police can arrest the wrong suspect. Likewise I don’t believe in the death penalty because the State is no better than the killer/rapist etc. I’m sorry if that makes me a “bleeding liberal” – not something I’m too often accused of being.

It seems you favour the use of torture in criminal investigations. Do you?

The initial description of the vehicle was based on eyewitness reports from young children, and more information has been gathered since then. Police have released pictures of the Land Rover, above.

In a hole, loose the shovel.

As I’ve said, the police have released a picture of the vehicle they are seeking information about – it’s in the article above. I’m not sure if your question is about media reports or the police investigation itself, but all press reports are based on official statements which are released as developments are made. As with any case, information may change during the course of an investigation as a clearer picture is gained.

What is your problem “ThePeopleOfIreland”?

You’ve posted the same thing on a few of the articles about this case. Does it matter? They had him arrested before they found his jeep so does it matter what description was given. They obviously knew who they were looking for even with a poor description. Maybe they deliberately gave out the wrong information because they knew exactly who they were looking for and didn’t want him panicking and running. Which would also explain why he was so casually walking along the road when they did pick him up.

Either way they’ve had him and his jeep since Tuesday, so it’s of very little concern which description the young kids gave.

Im nearly sure,He had two vehicles, the blue land-rover the children described and the white van he was arrested walking near, the blue land rover was only found in a repair shop after he had been arrested, I think this is why people ate getting confused.

I’m sure a 3 year old could figure out how a Reply button works too.

As I said they arrested this guy without having found a van or a jeep. So they clearly knew who they were looking for in the first place regardless of what the kids may have said. There was obviously a reason they were looking for a white van and as someone said already I’m pretty sure he was arrested walking near a white van. He may have had two vehicles. Maybe April got into the blue jeep and the police were told this but thought it unlikely he’d have been driving around in it if there were witnesses so made the conclusion he’d be out in his white van? Maybe they didn’t want to give the description of the only blue left wheel drive jeep in the town before they arrested him because it would have been obvious to the locals who it was and could have led to vigilante justice.
As you said there is a clear difference between a white van and a blue jeep, so the most reasonable explanation for this mix up is that they weren’t releasing all the information at once to try and keep control over a very difficult situation. But like I said, they had him arrested on Tuesday afternoon before they found his blue jeep in a garage so they obviously knew who they were looking for even if the general public didn’t.