Georgia Williams, 17, who disappeared from her home in Wellington, Shropshire. Photograph: West Mercia police/PA
A man arrested for the kidnap of a missing Shropshire teenager is now being questioned on suspicion of her murder.
Georgia Williams, 17, went missing on Sunday evening from her Wellington home after telling her parents she was going to meet friends. A 22-year-old Telford man was arrested in Glasgow on Wednesday.
The teenager has not yet been found, but the arrest followed developments in the investigation on Wednesday evening, Superintendent Nav Malik of West Mercia police said.
"The arrest of the suspect for murder follows developments in the investigation since yesterday afternoon but for operational reasons and because we have someone in custody I am not able to give any further details about that at this time," he said.
"However I would like to stress that Georgia Williams has still not been found and achieving that is still the primary focus of our investigation. Therefore we still urgently want people to come forward and tell us if they have seen or had any contact with her since 7.30pm on Sunday when she left the family home."
Georgia, the daughter of a West Mercia police officer, is a former head girl at Ercall Wood technology college in Telford and was due to meet her boyfriend to travel to a music festival on Monday morning. At a press conference on Wednesday, police made it clear the man suspected of killing the teenager was not her boyfriend and they were just "friends on social media".
On Sunday evening Georgia, an RAF cadet, appeared to be concerned and told friends on Twitter she was struggling to sleep. The tweet, posted at 10.36am on Sunday – nine hours before she disappeared – said: "Worst night's sleep in ages. #needsleep #stuffonmind now can't get back to sleep." Police said the tweet was not believed to be relevant to the investigation.
Police said the last text messages and calls from her mobile phone were made at about 8pm on Sunday.
"I would remind people that Georgia, who is white, 1.6 metres (5ft 3in), slim and with long, dyed, red hair, was last seen wearing a waist-length black leather jacket over a white T-shirt, which has a London bus motif on it. She was also wearing black, skinny jeans and flat, black suede slip-on shoes," he said.
"We also want to hear from anyone who may have seen a silver Toyota Hiace 300 GS panel van, registration CX06 ASV, which took a route from Wellington to Oswestry in Shropshire before moving on to Rhyl, Chester, Kendal in Cumbria and then Glasgow.
"If you think you saw this vehicle either en route or parked somewhere between Sunday evening and when we recovered it in a car park in Glasgow city centre yesterday then please let us know.
"The vehicle had ladders on the roof and we know it was driven by the suspect prior to his arrest. The smallest scrap of detail could be vital to our inquiries so even if you think it may not be important please tell us so that we can check it out."
Georgia, an A-level student at New College in Wellington, noted on her Facebook page that she had begun a relationship with fellow New College student Matthew Bird on 5 April. Bird posted an emotional appeal on Facebook for information about his girlfriend's whereabouts. "I love you so much Georgia Williams you mean the world to me please just come back or get in contact with us. I need you and I miss you so much," he wrote.
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