Residents desperately searching for 14-year-old Lilly Jones revealed they missed finding her body just 500 yards from her home - because it had been purposely 'hidden' in dense undergrowth.

Police have launched a murder probe after a body was found in Wales during the search for a missing 14-year-old girl

Lilly, 14, was reported missing by her worried family before police discovered a body late on Monday night in the Duffryn Park area of Blaina, near Ebbw Vale, South Wales.

The body of teenager Lilly was discovered in the Duffryn Park area of Blaina on Monday evening

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Formal identification yet to take place but family of Lilly, who was reported missing on Saturday, have been informed

The body of teenager Lilly was discovered in the Duffryn Park area of Blaina on Monday evening

Residents desperately searching for 14-year-old Lilly Jones revealed they missed finding her body just 500 yards from her home - because it had been purposely 'hidden' in dense…

Lilly Jones, 14, was last seen at 6.50pm on Saturday in Blaina, a former mining village near Ebbw Vale in the South Wales Valley.

Tributes have poured in for 14-year-old Lilly Jones who was reported missing from Blaina in Blaenau Gwent on Saturday - a body was discovered as part of the search for the…