April Jones: Best friend may hold key to abductor's identity Police Supt Ian John confirmed the main witness was a seven-year-old girl. He said: "She witnessed her walking willingly into the van on the drivers side. We are treating the witness with a great deal of sensitivity and specialist officers trained to deal with children are slowly and precisely interviewing the young girl. Meanwhile police revealed that April willingly got into the van of her abductor without a "struggle" suggesting she may have known her kidnapper. Detective Superintendent Reg Bevan said child eyewitnesses saw the youngster get into the driver's side of the grey vehicle, which was described as either a small van or Land Rover. Det Supt Bevan, from Dyfed Powys Police, told a media conference, there was "no struggle" and she got in "willingly." "She was last seen and we are confident of this sighting getting into the drivers side door of a vehicle that has been described as a small van, possibly a Land Rover," he said. They have described it as a small van. Small at the front and large at the back. That could be interpreted as something similar to a Ford Connect van or something like a Land Rover. There is nothing to suggest at this stage that there was a struggle when she got in to the car. Her godmother Mair Raftree, 41, from Aberystwyth, said she would never have gone off with a stranger. She Wales Online: "She's a quiet girl, and an important member of her family. She would never go with anybody and ask for a lift. We just want her back safely.