Becky Watts: Police Appeal After Car Is Seized

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Police investigating the disappearance of Becky Watts have seized a car and are trying to piece together where it was over a four-day period.

Detectives want to speak to former owners of the black Vauxhall Zafira - registration HY06 HYA - and hear from members of the public who saw the car between 19 and 23 February.

Police have also been given a further 36 hours to question two people arrested in connection with the investigation.

The hunt for the missing 16-year-old has been intensified - with six specialist teams searching locations within a 1.6-mile radius of her Bristol home.

Local parks and a nature reserve have been combed, while divers have searched a lake.

Forensic teams are searching three houses - in the Southmead and Barton Hill areas and the family home in St George - while a dog unit and a police helicopter are due to be used today.

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Gallery: Three Locations Are 'Lines Of Inquiry', Police Say

Police are now searching three houses in Bristol as they try to find missing 16-year-old Becky Watts

Forensic officers search a property on Cotton Mill Lane, in Bristol, where Avon and Somerset Police continue to search for missing teenager Rebecca Watts

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The hunt for the missing 16-year-old has been intensified - with six specialist teams searching locations within a 1.6-mile radius of her Bristol home

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The 16-year-old was last seen at her house in Bristol on 19 February. Police have been given a further 36 hours to question two people they arrested

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One of the homes being searched is in Southmead

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Becky was last seen at her home in Crown Hill on 19 February.

Police said she took her phone, laptop and tablet computer out with her, but did not tell her friends or family where she was going, or take extra clothes.

It had been hoped that the discovery of a laptop in woodland not far from her home could be a breakthrough in the case - but it has now been established that it is not hers.

Becky's father and step-mum Darren and Angie-Mae Galsworthy have released a statement saying they are preparing "for the worst".

The teenager, described as shy, was reported missing by her family at 4pm on February 20.

The leading officer in the case, Detective Superintendent Liz Tunks, said: "Firstly, I would like to reiterate my message ... that our search for Becky continues unabated and we are using all available resources to find her.

"Secondly, I would like to extend my thanks to the local communities in St George and the wider Bristol area who have assisted with our search efforts so far.

"The sheer number of people who have shown support during the public searches has been incredible. I would ask that all planned public searches are coordinated through us so they dovetail with the extensive search operation we have been running."

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