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| Becky Watts search: Specialist teams join officers | Becky Watts search: Specialist teams join officers |
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| The search for a missing 16-year-old girl is set to resume with police helicopters and specialist dog teams. | The search for a missing 16-year-old girl is set to resume with police helicopters and specialist dog teams. |
| Becky Watts was reported missing from her home in the St George area of Bristol on 19 February. | Becky Watts was reported missing from her home in the St George area of Bristol on 19 February. |
| Three homes in the city have been searched as part of the investigation, Avon and Somerset Police said. | Three homes in the city have been searched as part of the investigation, Avon and Somerset Police said. |
| Two people were arrested on Saturday but police have not given any further details. Relatives say they remain hopeful Becky will be found safe. | Two people were arrested on Saturday but police have not given any further details. Relatives say they remain hopeful Becky will be found safe. |
| Officers said searches of houses in Wilton Close, Southmead, the city's Barton Hill district and at the family home were part of "lines of inquiry". | |
| The BBC's Jon Kay said officers could be seen using ladders to access the house in Southmead and neighbours said a black estate car, which had been parked outside for about a week, was examined and then removed by police. | The BBC's Jon Kay said officers could be seen using ladders to access the house in Southmead and neighbours said a black estate car, which had been parked outside for about a week, was examined and then removed by police. |
| A laptop computer found by search teams in woodland on Saturday is not related to the inquiry. | A laptop computer found by search teams in woodland on Saturday is not related to the inquiry. |
| Officers have also searched a car parked outside the house, the lake in St George Park and Troopers Hill nature reserve. | Officers have also searched a car parked outside the house, the lake in St George Park and Troopers Hill nature reserve. |
| Avon and Somerset Police said it was now running six specialist search teams, including officers from Wiltshire, Devon and Cornwall and Gloucestershire forces. | Avon and Somerset Police said it was now running six specialist search teams, including officers from Wiltshire, Devon and Cornwall and Gloucestershire forces. |
| A specialist dog unit from South Wales Police will also be helping with the search. | A specialist dog unit from South Wales Police will also be helping with the search. |
| In a statement, Becky's father and stepmother, Darren and Angie-Mae Galsworthy, said they "continue to hope" she will be found safe but they were preparing themselves for the worst. | In a statement, Becky's father and stepmother, Darren and Angie-Mae Galsworthy, said they "continue to hope" she will be found safe but they were preparing themselves for the worst. |
| About 150 members of the public joined an organised search of Oldbury Court estate on Saturday in the hope of finding evidence. | About 150 members of the public joined an organised search of Oldbury Court estate on Saturday in the hope of finding evidence. |
| But further public searches have been postponed, according to the Find Rebecca Watts Facebook group. | |
| The message said members were "trying to work along side of the police and help them with the investigation". | |
| "Police have urged us to flood everywhere, especially shopping centres, with posters," it read. |