Melanie Hall Was Murdered In 1996 And Her Remains Found In 2009

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Detectives investigating the 1996 murder of Melanie Hall have asked the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for a decision on whether to charge a suspect.

The 45-year-old man, who was arrested on suspicion of her murder in November 2013, has been released on bail while the CPS considers the evidence.

Miss Hall, 25, from Wiltshire, was last seen leaving a nightclub in Bath.

Her remains were found in a bin bag near the M5 in 2009.

The man, who was arrested at his home in Bath, has been bailed until December.

Miss Hall, who was a clerical worker at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, had been for a night out at Cadillacs nightclub when she went missing.

A black bin liner containing her bones and skull was found by a workman clearing vegetation next to a slip-road at junction 14 of the motorway, near Thornbury in South Gloucestershire, on 5 October 2009.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29429196

 

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1 September 2010
Police investigating the murder of Miss Hall bail a 39-year-old man.

31 August 2010
Police arrest a 39-year-old man in connection with the inquiry.

8 July 2010
Police reveal a suspect they detained was questioned by officers when Miss Hall disappeared in 1996.

2 July 2010
A man arrested on suspicion of her murder, is released on bail.

1 July 2010
Police investigating the murder arrest a 38-year-old man.

6 April 2010
Pictures are released of clothes similar to those worn by Melanie Hall that were found beside the M5 six months after she disappeared.

29 October 2009
A TV appeal made by detectives prompts 200 calls about the case.

8 October 2009
Jewellery buried with human remains found on a motorway sliproad near Bristol help identify them as Miss Hall, 13 years after she disappeared.

7 October 2009
Bones found by the side of the M5 motorway in South Gloucestershire are those of a woman who has been missing since 1996.

10 June 1996
Miss Hall fails to turn up at work and a missing persons inquiry is launched.

9 June 1996
Miss Hall is last seen sitting on a stool on the edge of the dance floor, at Cadillacs nightclub in Bath, just before at 01:15 BST.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-25089963

I am uncertain whether the 38-year-old man and the 39-year-old man are one and the same, and I am uncertain whether he/either is identical to the person they are currently suspecting and asking for charges against, but it sounds as though it has been a frustrating case to work: No body for what must have seemed like forever. Then Melanie's remains turn up on a verge in a plastic bag so long after that there are only bones left.

They appear to have suspects, but not enough evidence for a case.

 

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A suspect in the investigation into the 1996 murder of Melanie Hall will not be charged, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.

The CPS said there was "insufficient evidence" to charge the 45-year-old man, who was arrested on suspicion of her murder in November 2013.

Miss Hall, 25, from Wiltshire, was last seen leaving a Bath nightclub. Her remains were found near the M5 in 2009.

The man, who was arrested at his home in Bath, was bailed until December.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30252287
[doublepost=1466865666,1417292387][/doublepost]This post will combine with a post from 17 months ago. *sigh*

Police have been granted extra time to question a 45-year-old man on suspicion of the murder of Bath graduate Melanie Hall.

The man, from Wiltshire, was arrested on Thursday morning and remains in police custody.

On the 20th anniversary of her disappearance police revealed they had obtained DNA evidence from an item found at the scene where Miss Hall's remains were discovered.

Her parents, Steve and Pat Hall, also made an appeal for information and offered £50,000 of their own money as a reward for information leading to a conviction.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-36628860