October 1st 2012, in the picturesque Welsh market town of Machynlleth five-year-old April Jones goes missing from outside her home and cannot be found.

Mark Bridger, who initially blindsided the police, is arrested. The national media descend on Machynlleth to cover the story as the public pour in to help with the search for April.

Mark Bridger is on trial for abduction, murder and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Forensic experts use cutting-edge science to help put together a case without a body.