DNA lead found in 1996 murder of Melanie Hall

Detectives are “one important step” closer to finding the killer of Melanie Hall thanks to DNA evidence from where her remains were found.

Ms Hall, a university graduate, was last seen at 1.10am on June 9, 1996 sitting on a stool on the edge of the dance floor at Cadillacs nightclub in Bath.

A workman found her remains in a bag in vegetation next to the northbound slipway of J14 on the M5 at Thornbury in October 2009.