Melanie Hall suffered 'significant' head injuries
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Head injuries: Melanie Hall
12 April 2012
Murder victim Melanie Hall had suffered "significant injuries" including a fractured skull and jaw, police said today.
The 25-year-old's bones were found in a bag near the M5 north of Bristol on October 5, 13 years after she went missing following a night out in Bath.
Detective Superintendent Mike Courtiour, who is leading the investigation for Avon and Somerset Police, today said a pathologist had been unable to give a definite cause of death.
But he revealed that Miss Hall's body was found covered in black bin bags tied up with a long length of thin blue rope.