Overview

• Paul Jones, father of April Jones, died unexpectedly at 55 from a brain disease contracted in 2018, leaving his family in shock.
• April Jones, aged five, was abducted and murdered in 2012, with her remains never fully recovered despite the UK’s largest missing-person search.
• Mark Bridger, convicted in 2013 of April’s abduction and murder, continues to serve a whole-life prison sentence but has refused to disclose the location of her body.
• Paul Jones’s illness caused memory loss, forcing him to relearn the devastating news of his daughter's death years after it occurred.
• Tributes have poured in for Paul, described as a devoted father and husband, as the Jones family faces renewed grief from his passing.