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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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | The man, who was arrested at his home in Bath, has been bailed until December. |
Black bin liner | Black bin liner |
Nicola Haywood, the south west's deputy chief Crown prosecutor, said: "Avon and Somerset police have handed a file to the CPS for consideration as to whether or not there is sufficient evidence on which to charge anyone in relation to the disappearance and death of Melanie Hall." | Nicola Haywood, the south west's deputy chief Crown prosecutor, said: "Avon and Somerset police have handed a file to the CPS for consideration as to whether or not there is sufficient evidence on which to charge anyone in relation to the disappearance and death of Melanie Hall." |
Police seized a white VW Golf GTi hardtop last October after receiving "significant information" about the case. | Police seized a white VW Golf GTi hardtop last October after receiving "significant information" about the case. |
In March, officers appealed for information to trace a second car of the same colour, make and model. | In March, officers appealed for information to trace a second car of the same colour, make and model. |
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. | |
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