A car has been seized and the garden of a house where Alesha MacPhail was staying in before she was murdered is being searched.

The six-year-old was reported missing on Monday morning while staying with her dad and grandparents in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute.

Her body was later found in woods by a member of the public.

Officers have now seized a car and are searching bushes in the garden in a bid to find the youngster's killer.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "We can confirm that several items have been recovered as part of our ongoing investigation including a motor vehicle."

Floral tributes have been left on the island, while her school described the primary two pupil as "smiley" and "considerate".

Alesha's mum Georgina Lochrane travelled from her home in North Lanarkshire to view tributes on Tuesday.

A Police Scotland spokesman added: "The response from the public following our media appeals has been very good and we would like to thank those who have taken the time to contact us with information so far.

"A number of lines have been followed up however we continue to appeal to those who have not yet spoken to police and who may have information to get in contact.

"We would like to speak to anyone who has CCTV at home or at a business or any motorists who may have dash cam footage which might help with our investigation."

Detective superintendent Stuart Houston said: "Alesha's family is utterly devastated and we are continuing to provide them with the support they require at this incredibly distressing time.

"Alesha had lots of friends who will no doubt find it very difficult to comprehend why they will never see their friend again.

"Like any other six-year-old, Alesha was looking forward to enjoying her holidays from primary school and was only a few days into a three-week summer break visiting relatives on the island.

"For such a young girl to have her life taken away is incomprehensible."

"Around half a dozen officers spent much of the morning scouring the front garden and looking into bushes.

"They moved the cordon back this morning to the road to give them more space to carry out the search.

"They have also been looking around the back of the property for anything that might help them with their investigation."

Rev Owain Jones said people had been "stunned" by the death and murder investigation.

He has opened his United Church of Bute in Rothesay to allow people to visit at any time.

He said: "We're all absolutely staggered, we have no words for this and it's beyond any power of words to express.

"We're all just really sitting in a kind of shared stunned silence just trying to uphold each other.

"Bute is one of these places that is incredibly safe, you take all sorts of things for granted here and don't panic if you forget to lock the house or whatever."