This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/bristol/8296600.stm
The article has changed 36 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Previous version
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
Next version
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Woman's bones left 'like garbage' | Woman's bones left 'like garbage' |
| (16 minutes later) | |
| The parents of Melanie Hall, whose bones were discovered next to a motorway, have expressed their anger over the way her body was dumped. | The parents of Melanie Hall, whose bones were discovered next to a motorway, have expressed their anger over the way her body was dumped. |
| Detectives have confirmed they are treating Ms Hall's death as murder, following her disappearance in 1996. | Detectives have confirmed they are treating Ms Hall's death as murder, following her disappearance in 1996. |
| At a press conference her mother Pat spoke of her anguish at her daughter's body being left next to the M5 motorway near Bristol "like a bag of garbage". | At a press conference her mother Pat spoke of her anguish at her daughter's body being left next to the M5 motorway near Bristol "like a bag of garbage". |
| Officers said their determination to catch her killer was "absolute". | Officers said their determination to catch her killer was "absolute". |
| Det Supt Mike Courtiour, of Avon and Somerset Police, revealed Ms Hall's bones had been left in black bin liners and remained undiscovered for "a considerable time". | |
| Melanie Hall's remains were found on Monday | |
| Her remains were discovered hidden in undergrowth on junction 14 of the M5, on the junction for Thornbury, on Monday. | |
| Ms Hall, who worked as a clerical officer at Bath's Royal United Hospital, was last seen at Cadillacs nightclub in Walcott Street, at about 0100 on 9 June. | |
| Describing her killing as a "horrendous" crime, Ms Hall's father Steve said: "Thirteen years ago we had a young, vibrant daughter. Happy and with a future in front of her. Today we have a bag of bones. | |
| "We desperately need to know what happened to Melanie on the night she left the nightclub in Bath." | |
| Her parents identified an item of jewellery from a photograph on Tuesday, but formal identification through dental records was carried out on Wednesday. | |
| Det Supt Courtiour said: "The investigation into her disappearance has never been closed. | |
| "Now, finding her body offers us a new and crucial opportunity for anyone who has information to come forward." |