Police try to identify mystery man in Jill footage

Police in Melbourne have discovered the presence of a mystery man in CCTV footage of Louth woman Jill Meagher as she walked home.

The CCTV footage will be examined frame by frame to determine whether the man was following the ABC employee in the minutes before she disappeared.

At present, police are trying to identify the man. A decision will be made soon as to whether the footage will be released.

Police completed a second search yesterday of the home Ms Meagher shares with her husband, Tom.

Mr Meagher remained on the balcony during the search, pacing back and forth, while police removed evidence bags. In the evening, a group of detectives visited the apartment. They left a few hours later

Det Insp John Potter said no conclusions should be reached from the police search of her home.