Five arrested on suspicion of murder after man, 37, goes missing and his car is found abandoned

COPS person arrested 5 men connected suspicion of murdering a antheral who went missing past month.

Michael Wheeler, 37, from Yeovil, Somerset, vanished connected August 24, but officers recovered his car past week successful his location town.

A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: "Five men person been arrested connected suspicion of execution successful transportation with our probe into the disappearance of a antheral from Yeovil.

"Serious concerns were raised to constabulary astir Michael Wheeler’s payment connected Monday 16 September. We recognize helium has not been location oregon had interaction with anyone who knows him since Saturday 24 August.

"Michael’s car was recovered past week aft being recovered abandoned successful Yeovil. He has not been successful interaction with household oregon friends and has missed respective regular appointments.

"Since the commencement of past week, respective actions person been undertaken to hint the 37-year-old, but contempt this helium has not been found.

"Searches person been carried retired successful caller days astatine Ham Hill, Stoke sub Hamdon, and astatine addresses successful Yeovil and Crewkerne, arsenic good arsenic a nationalist entreaty for immoderate sightings of Mr Wheeler since 24 August.

"Michael’s disappearance is being treated arsenic a execution inquiry, led by our Major Crime Investigation Team. Five men, aged betwixt late-teens and late-30s, are presently successful constabulary custody aft being arrested connected suspicion of murder."

Detective Chief Inspector Lorett Spierenburg is heading the investigation. She said: “This is an incredibly hard clip for Michael Wheeler’s family, who understandably are incredibly disquieted and hopeless to cognize what has happened to him.

“We are providing them with enactment done a specially-trained serviceman and we’re keeping them updated connected the presumption of our investigation.

“We person been keeping an unfastened caput implicit what has happened to Michael, who has present not been seen for a month, but we tin corroborate this is being treated arsenic a execution inquiry.

“Arrests were made past week to alteration america to question respective individuals portion nether caution to recognize if they knew thing that could assistance america find Michael.

“We volition ever beryllium evidence-led successful our probe and having obtained much accusation during the people of our enquiries, 4 of those individuals person been re-arrested connected suspicion of execution implicit the past 48 hours. A 5th man, who was not arrested past week, has besides been taken into custody.

“Detectives volition beryllium questioning each 5 men arsenic portion of our ongoing efforts to found what has happened and whether immoderate transgression offences person occurred.

“A sixth man, arrested past week, remains connected constabulary bail.”

DCI Spierenburg added: “We recognise the quality of this important improvement successful our probe is apt to origin interest among the section community.

“We’d similar to reassure radical determination is nary grounds of determination being immoderate accrued hazard to nationalist safety, but would promote anyone with concerns to talk to section officers.”

"We’d inactive similar to perceive from anyone with accusation astir Michael’s whereabouts since helium was past seen successful the Yeovil country connected 24 August."