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Who Murdered Melanie Hall?

By Joy Montefusco

Attractive Melanie Hall, 25, disappeared 13 years ago, last seen alive sitting on a barstool near the dance floor in Cadillacs nightclub in Bath, United Kingdom, shortly after 1 a.m. on June 9, 1996.  Her bones, however, were found in a bag on Monday, October 5, 2009, "dumped like garbage," alongside the M5 motorway near Bristol.  A set of car keys dating to 1996 were found close to the scene, on a road in South Gloucestershire.The keys were described as belonging to a Ford, and included a red master programming key, and two black vehicle keys attached to a black tag with "T144213" on it.  The information was broadcast on the BBC's Crimewatch program, along with an appeal by Detective Superintendent Mike Courtiour, who heads up the investigation, for anyone with additional information to come forward...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on December 09, 2009 (boomark / email).