Never heard of this batman rapist that been targeting bath. Lots of dodgy chatacters around when you google

THE SUN IS OFFERING 50k TO CATCH THE KILLER

if you can trust the authorities, unfortunately public pressure screws that up

just letting you guys know that there is a 50k reward thread

aceme was getting confused

it needed some clarity

cheers

As the BF Federales have not pulled this thread it leads me to conclude that you are all wrong.

mr winkle
REPORTED

latest news in local paper: "A call has been made for DNA samples to be taken from all Clifton residents to help police catch the killer of Joanna Yeates.

In 1995 Gillian Smith's 18-year-old daughter Louise was raped and murdered as she made her way home from Spirals nightclub in Yate.

DNA samples were taken from more than 4,500 men in and around the Chipping Sodbury area in what was one of the biggest investigations in the history of Avon and Somerset police.

Her killer – student David Frost – was caught months later when police noticed the 21-year-old had evaded giving a DNA sample they had requested.

Officers went to South Africa, where he had gone to work, and got the sample before arresting him. Frost was sentenced to life in prison."

Police are investigating a theory that Miss Yeates may have been snatched by her killer as she went to check her post in a communal hall on the far side of the building where she lived.

The theory would mean that the killer would not have had to enter Miss Yeates' flat and would explain why police found no evidence of forced entry or a struggle.

And from the Telegraph:

A groundsman working late around the time Joanna Yeates disappeared may have heard the killer trying to dispose of her body, the Daily Telegraph has learned.
Flowers on Longwood Lane, Bristol, where the body of Joanna Yeates was found Photo: GEOFF PUGH
By Martin Evans, and Gordon Rayner 6:30AM GMT 07 Jan 2011

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The man, who is based at one of the sports clubs bordering Longwood Lane in Failand, where Miss Yeates’s body was dumped, heard a car pull up on the secluded road on one of the nights after she disappeared.

Concerned that someone might lost or struggling in the icy conditions he approached the vehicle which he was unable to see clearly because of a large hedgerow.

The man told police he heard the driver get out of the car and open the boot or hatchback.

But as he moved closer to offer assistance, the driver suddenly closed the boot, got back into the car and drove away.

The groundsman told a friend he thought nothing of the incident at the time, but later realised its possible significance when he heard Miss Yeates’s body had been discovered close to the spot on Christmas Day.

one problem with the communal hall theory.......wheres the pizza?

Groundsman's story sounds odd. He closed the boot when the groundsman appeared and drove away - and returned to the same spot later to dump the body ???????

It's possible the guy had already dumped the body and was planning on dragging it further away when he was disturbed so he drove off.

So nearly three weeks after she disappeared, the police decide to check the drains nearby. Incredible. Why's it taken so long and what do they expect to find?

What we need is the lovely Kelly Reilly from "Above Suspicion" on the case.....

To take a analogy from American football id say that Plod seems to have run out of gameplans and looks to be resorting to Hail Mary's from inside their own half with 15 seconds and fourth and Long next.

Would have thought they would have looked into all her Facebook contacts straight away and taken DNA samples from all the males.

This Geoffry guy is the neighbour in his 80s?

Yes it's the same GH, though he's not quite 80s (78 according to Mail report).

Good post from DigitalSpy forum:


Here's my take

Working purely off what we know firstly, Joanna made purchases at the Bargain Booze store and Tesco approximately 8.40/8.45pm

It was a short walk home, and she would have reached her flat before 9pm.

The presence in the flat of her bag, keys, coat, the bottles of cider and the receipt for the pizza all indicate that she reached home. I do not buy into the suggestion that someone murdered her then popped round to her apartment to deposit her belongings.

Fast forward to the discovery of her body on Christmas day. The PM suggested that she had been dead and her body laid on the verge for 'several days'. It was also stated that her body was covered in snow. Her remains were also frozen, suggesting fairly prolonged exposure to the elements. It seems likely that determining a more precise date of death was difficult because of the extreme cold.

So, the questions to be answered are as follows:

How did she die?
Well, we know this - she was strangled. Does this tell us anything about the likely assailant? Not really. Perhaps makes it more likely to be a male than a female, but doesn't altogether rule out the possibility. It may suggest that the assailant was otherwise unarmed and that the crime was not premeditated, but it is only suggestive, not probative

When did she die?
Indications are that she probably died some time that evening, or certainly that she was in some way removed from the premises that evening, and before she had the opportunity to finish her drink.

When was her body moved to the grass verge where she was found?
The fact that she was covered in snow almost certainly means she was moved prior to the last significant snowfall on 20th december. I should be very surprised if her body was not placed where it was found on the evening of the 17th or in the early hours of the following day. The police have not stated whether it was possible to determine if she was placed onto ground upon which any snow had already fallen, or if there was no snow cover when she was dumped. What is clear is that she had been there for some days prior to being discovered, and not dumped there on Christmas day.

Where did she die?
This is perhaps the whole crux of the matter.
Having come into the flat and removed her coat and boots, I can certainly envisage that she might have popped out in her stockinged feet to collect some post, go to the dustbin, pop to another flat, let the cat out etc. However, I would imagine that had anyone suggested she accompany them in some way she would have almost certainly stopped to put on her boots and coat and grab her bag. So I rather doubt she went away from the building willingly, if she did at all.

The fact that her body was found elsewhere than in her flat to me tends to indicate that either she was killed elsewhere, or that the person who killed her had a strong association with the flat, and felt the need to move/hide/dispose of her. I don't think this can be guaranteed, though. In panic, someone might attempt to move a body, and only later realise they didn't need to.

So the options could be that she was forcibly removed from the building whilst still alive and killed in another location, or died somewhere within the building or immediate surroundings. I do not think it looks like she went anywhere intentionally.

As to motive, identity of assailant etc, I'm afraid I wouldn't be prepared to speculate, although I would veer towards it being someone whom she knew. As to the missing sock, drag a body along the ground, supporting it under the armpits and a sock will soon roll off the foot as the heels drag along the ground, so my guess is it was lost during the process of moving her body, possibly ending up in the boot of a car.

As to the pizza, well that's anyone's guess. I have heard of many cases of criminals helping themselves to a snack from the fridge of a house they have ransacked, so who knows - stranger things have happened.

Adrian Monk would have close this case in 3 days