Dad of murdered 5-year-old April Jones dies after long health battle having never found tragic girl’s body

THE FATHER of murdered schoolgirl April Jones has tragically died – 12 years on from his daughter’s heinous abduction.

Paul Jones, 55, died after a long battle with a brain disease he contracted in 2018 – six years after April was kidnapped while playing outside in Machynlleth, Wales in 2012.

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