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Suspect leads police to site where body found is 'quite clearly' that of Sian O'Callaghan, while taxi driver's house is searched
The search for the missing Swindon woman Sian O'Callaghan has taken a dramatic turn when police announced that a man arrested over her disappearance had told them the location of two bodies.
Police said a man initially seized on suspicion of kidnapping 22-year-old O'Callaghan had directed them to her body and that of a second victim.
Officers found one of the bodies and said they were confident it was O'Callaghan's. They were continuing to search for the second body.
Police have been carrying out forensic searches at the house of a Swindon taxi driver, as well as at Savernake forest in Wiltshire, where O'Callaghan's phone is known to have been taken after she vanished early on Saturday.
O'Callaghan's body is believed to have been found close to the side of a road near Wantage in Oxfordshire, 20 miles from Swindon.
Police announced at midday that they had arrested a man on suspicion of kidnapping O'Callaghan.
At a 5pm press conference Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher, who is leading the inquiry, said: "A 47-year-old man from Swindon is in custody having been arrested for kidnap and two murders.
"The locations of two bodies have been identified to me by this individual, one of whom has yet to be identified formally, but I am quite clear is Sian."
He added: "I have informed Sian's family, who are obviously deeply distressed, and I would ask you please to give them time and space to come to terms with what has happened." Fulcher refused to give any more details of the second body or how long it is believed to have been in the spot pinpointed by the arrested man.
O'Callaghan disappeared after leaving the Suju nightclub in the Old Town area of Swindon at 2.52am on Saturday.
She had been expected to walk the half mile to the flat she shared with her boyfriend, Kevin Reape, 25, but did not arrive and was reported missing a few hours later.
At 3.24am Reape sent a text message to her mobile phone. Checks revealed it was in the Savernake forest area near Marlborough, 12 miles from her home, when the message was received. Police said she could only have covered the distance in a vehicle.
Members of the public initially helped police to comb the thick woodland but were asked to stay away after the phone records came to light.
Police on Thursday appealed for sightings of a green Toyota Avensis estate with taxi markings seen between 3am and 4am and between 12pm and 9pm last Saturday between Swindon and Savernake.
Within minutes they had made further appeals for people to look out for O'Callaghan's handbag and its contents, including her keys, lipgloss and a yellow Kinder Surprise egg containing a furry animal toy.
Just after 11am police were seen swooping on a green Toyota Avensis in an Asda car park in Swindon. Witnesses described a man being handcuffed and driven off by officers before the vehicle was towed away. A witness said: "There were more than eight police cars surrounding a green taxi driver. They got the driver out of the car and hurriedly put him into an undercover police car. There was no delay or chat. They took him away straight away. A recovery truck came soon after and towed his taxi away."
The car bore the branding of a taxi firm based on an industrial estate north of Swindon town centre. Police were guarding that office.
By mid-afternoon a white police tent was set up in the front garden of a semi-detached house in Swindon and officers were searching the house.
Before the body was found, O'Callaghan's family had thanked members of the public who helped in the search for her and said they continued to pray she was alive.
"This is an extremely difficult time for us and we continue to hope and pray that our beautiful girl is found soon," their statement said.
Fulcher, the investigating officer in charge, said: "The public and the media have been a fantastic help in the desperate effort to find Sian over the last few days. This has of course been a fast-paced inquiry.
"Having found these bodies you will appreciate that I am under extreme pressure to undertake certain actions and procedures, and I would ask you to give me some time to enable me to recover these bodies with the dignity and respect that they deserve."
After initial reports that two bodies had been found, police said in a statement: "Wiltshire police would like to make it clear that while the location of two bodies has been identified to the senior investigating officer, only one body has currently been found and this is believed to be Sian O'Callaghan.
"The second body has yet to be recovered."