Melanie Hall suffered 'significant' head injuries

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.