Here on Stolen Lives, we discuss brutal and heartbreaking cases against children.

Themes may include child murder, torture, and sexual domestic and child abuse.

I do try my best to remain respectful for the babies in these stories and leave out unnecessary

details that honestly, none of us need to know to understand the frustration

of why and how this ever happened. However, if you find any of these themes triggering, this

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Thank you to Donna for bringing April's story to my attention.

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Instagram. October 2012.

What began as any normal day would soon turn into a nightmare for a family in the

small Welsh community of Mahatworth.

A desperate mother makes a phone call that would spark the largest missing person's

search in British police history, as detectives were in a race against time to find a little girl who

had been kidnapped. This is April's story. April Sue Lynn Jones was born April 4th,

2007 to parents Paul and Coral Jones. April was the baby of the family and so very,

very loved by her parents and older siblings, Jasmine and Harley. April couldn't wait to join her

family and would be born seven weeks premature. Unfortunately, she would have a seizure soon after birth,

which caused cerebral palsy on the left-hand

side of her body.

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