THURSDAY April 8: The alarm was first raised when Amanda failed to return to her home in Blacklands, Purton. She had left home around 9.30am that day and dropped off her boyfriend at 11.30am in Calne.

Her car was found in car park C of the West Swindon District Centre around 6.15pm. Her mother phoned the police that evening. They made initial inquiries and then mobilised a helicopter to make preliminary searches across Swindon.

FRIDAY April 9: Officers on the ground also started making inquiries and detectives contacted local media so that public appeals for information could be made.

SATURDAY April 10: The Wiltshire search and rescue team were called in to assist police who were then combing the West Swindon area for vital clues.

Over the weekend, detectives' concerns grew as there was still no sign of Amanda or any information on her whereabouts. A major incident room was set up at Westlea police station as a team of 50 officers worked to piece together Amanda's last known movements.

MONDAY April 12: Detectives arrested a Swindon man on suspicion of kidnapping Amanda. He was detained for 36 hours and police later applied for an extension to allow them further time for questioning.

TUESDAY April 13: A forensic team searched a building site of the former Knoll House Hotel in Malmesbury. Detectives took a man hidden under a blanket to the area and a female police officer sat in the front of the vehicle videoing the man with a camcorder.

WEDNESDAY April 14: Officers flooded the West Swindon shopping centre to questio passers-by in the hope of jogging the public's memory. They also visited Calne and Purton to distribute some 1,000 posters printed by the Evening Advertiser.

THURSDAY April 15: A week after Amanda went missing, police held a press conference in the Asda car park where Amanda's car was found and a search began of a building site in Malmesbury. The man police were questioning was released without charge.

FRIDAY April 16: A police body recovery dog from Yorkshire was brought onto the Malmesbury building site and loud barking was heard. After press conferences were repeatedly delayed, it was confirmed that the body of Amanda Edwards had been discovered. Meanwhile, the suspect who had earlier been arrested and subsequently released over the kidnapping was found dead in Calne.

See Saturday's Evening Advertiser for the full story.