Libby Squire: Police Given More Time To Question Abduction Suspect

It's one week since the 21-year-old went missing.
Libby Squire has been missing for seven days
Libby Squire has been missing for seven days
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Detectives have been given further time to question the 24-year-old man arrested on Wednesday night in connection with the disappearance of student Libby Squire, Humberside Police have said.

The man was arrested at an address in Raglan Street in the city on suspicion of abducting the Hull University student, who has still not been found.

It comes as Squire’s mother Lisa marked the anniversary of the first week since her daughter disappeared.

She posted on Facebook: “One week without her”, along with a weeping emoji.

Lisa Squire has marked the week since her daughter vanished with an emotional post on Facebook
Lisa Squire has marked the week since her daughter vanished with an emotional post on Facebook
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She was reported missing from the city in the early hours of 1 February and an intensive search has been mounted by police and volunteers over the last week.

On Thursday night, a week since Squire disappeared, police handed out leaflets and drove a large screen featuring images of the missing student around the city centre.

Police said more than 50 student volunteers had joined their efforts by helping to give out flyers.

The address where the man was arrested is about half a mile from Squire’s home.

Officers have said Squire was dropped off in a taxi near her home on Wellesley Avenue at 11.29pm on Thursday 31 January and was seen 10 minutes later on CCTV near a bench on Beverley Road, where a motorist stopped to offer help.

She is believed to have been in this area until about 12.09am on Friday.

Police said the taxi driver and motorist have been spoken to and are not suspects.

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On Wednesday, Squire’s parents Lisa and Russ issued a statement which said: “We’d like to thank everyone who has helped this week in trying to find Libby.

“We have been overwhelmed with people’s kindness and support and it’s been incredible how all her friends, students at the university, and members of the public have joined together to help us look for her.”

Humberside Police said the Squires, from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, had met their daughter’s friends and university staff.

In their statement, the couple said Squire - whose full name is Liberty Anna - has two younger sisters and a younger brother, who all live in High Wycombe.

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