He might have slipped something into her drink to make her a little more 'amenable'. She realised what he'd done and said she was going to report him to the police. Extravagant theory, and very probably wrong. But possible.

Plod MUST release more information or we'll never solve it for them.

not sure if this has been posted already:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8244606/Joanna-Yeates-murder-relatives-of-1974-victim-say-killer-could-be-same.html

Detectives are investigating the possibility that Miss Yeates’s killer could also have throttled Glenis Carruthers, 20, who was murdered in 1974 after leaving a party just 350 yards from where Miss Yeates lived.
A cold case review team set up last year to reinvestigate Miss Carruthers’ murder is liaising closely with officers in the Joanna Yeates inquiry after identifying a series of striking similarities between the two killings.
Both women had been strangled, were found fully-clothed and had not been sexually assaulted. Both women also appeared to have died quickly without being able to put up a struggle, and in both cases the victims were found without shoes on.
In each case the crime appeared to be motiveless, the victims were a similar age and were attacked at a similar time of night.
Last night Helena Carruthers, the stepmother of Glenis Carruthers, said: “It could well be that the same person who killed Glenis murdered this other young girl as well but it’s impossible to know.

“Glenis was killed more than 30 years ago but the two cases do seem very similar.”
Miss Carruthers’ sister Deidre Newley, 69, said: “We’re aware that the police are looking into the two cases together but it’s just too early to say anything yet. We can only wait and see what they find.
“It’s impossible for us to speculate on whether the two cases are linked but clearly there are some similarities.”
Miss Carruthers, who was studying to be a teacher, was found dead just outside Bristol zoo on Jan 19, 1974, after a zookeeper disturbed her killer, who was described as 5ft 10 ins tall, aged in his 20s and with “a great deal of hair” down to his collar.
She had been a guest at the 21st birthday party of her friend Sandra Hardyman, and had been due to spend the night at her home when she left the party unnoticed, possibly to make a call from a nearby phone box.
In a bizarre twist of fate, Geoffrey Hardyman, who is Sandra Hardyman’s first cousin once removed, now lives above Joanna Yeates’s flat, which is around 350 yards from where the party was taking place.
He has been a vocal supporter of his friend and former colleague Christopher Jefferies, Miss Yeates’s landlord, who also lives in the same building and is currently the only person to be arrested on suspicion of murdering the architect.
Earlier this week Mr Hardyman, 78, a retired classics master at Clifton College, suggested that Mr Jefferies had been “pounced on” by the police because they were under pressure to make an arrest in the “high profile” case.
More than 16,000 people were interviewed by police as part of the Glenis Carruthers investigation. Avon and Somerset Police said Mr Jefferies, who had just started his job as an English master at Clifton College at the time, was not among them.
Mr Jefferies, who is currently on police bail, has told friends he expects to be cleared of any involvement in Miss Yeates’s death within days, and has taken legal advice on suing the police for wrongful arrest.





There's your killer imo.

So if the police are now looking into the Glenis Carruthers murder back in 1974, then it doesn’t make sense that plod would have a press conference to reassure the public that there was no increased risk to women in the area, ie. this is not a serial killer.

Current market please :

?? - Bf
?? - LL
?? - The Neighbour
?? - Other

The killer was described as 25-30 in the GC case, not '20s', I have just listened to the original interview with the zoo worker.  There was one clue — the shank of a pair of spectacles which might have belonged to Glenis's assailant was found near the scene of the crime.  If he was 30 then, he would be 66 now.

I was just quoting the Telegraph article!

Where's Morse when you need him.

I've been googling "peter stanley" clifton -yeates

You've got to remove 'yeates' from the search, otherwise it's pages of the case.

Apparently, he's the assistant coach of Clifton college rifle club and likes messing about in home made hovercrafts. Seems to like a bit of excitement, does Peter. Jo was a sporty type and had recently taken up rowing.

odds on random stranger shorten

wur... if you don't mind me saying, speculation based on nothing but the fact that the bloke is a neighbour who helped out the bf with some jump leads doesn't really help.

The same can be said of anybody who happened to be passing at the time and saw or overheard something... just we don't know their names.

Besmirching the guy's name by foundless speculation is the type of thing that gets threads pulled.... besides, besmirching people's reputations based on foundless speculation is the job of the Avon and Somerset police and they get p1ssed off if anybody else does it! [;)]

From the Telegraph article comparing the 1974 and 2010 murders:

Both women had been strangled, were found fully-clothed and had not been sexually assaulted. Both women also appeared to have died quickly without being able to put up a struggle, and in both cases the victims were found without shoes on.

In each case the crime appeared to be motiveless, the victims were a similar age and were attacked at a similar time of night.

Last night Helena Carruthers, the stepmother of Glenis Carruthers, said: “It could well be that the same person who killed Glenis murdered this other young girl as well but it’s impossible to know.
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Seems to be a lot of coincidences there. Would rule out Hardyman though, as he's too old for either murder: in his 40s in 1974 and pushing 80 now.

Neighbour showing up like a good thing now
shared interest in outdoor pursuits good basis for familiarity - a familiarity others in her life would have little idea of
  The uncovering of a hitherto unknown (to the investigators) connection between people is a common "reveal" in most good crime dramas
and i might be getting swayed by that

If she was murdered in the flat and it's a 1.01 I believe,it has to be someone who lives near the scene - hence the attempt to put distance between the corpse and it's resting place.
It therefore can only one of three - Bf/LL/Neighbour - Bf has to have been discounted by Plod(cctv/receipts etc.) as he would have been No. 1 suspect from the word go.LL has nothing whatsoever on him after 7s hours of questioning ; which only leaves one.

Burly/Jeep/Gun Club - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

police finaly getting round to interviewing pub customers. 3 weeks too late imo.

from a digital spy post;

'Joanna and Greg having had a row is the best explanation for me of both their behaviours that weekend. The fact that he went off on his journey even though the weather was so bad people were being advised not to travel across the country. The fact that he apparently didn’t find it odd that she didn’t text, ring or reply to any contact – he either assumed she was still in a huff with him, or he wasn’t trying to contact her because he was still annoyed himself. The delay in him reporting her missing when he got back on Sunday – he was assuming that she had gone out to make a point about still being cross with him, and had stubbornly thought ‘well I’m not going to chase after her’ in spite of being a bit worried beneath it.

On Joanna's part, the meandering home in bad weather and going to 3 different shops - she was cross and wanted to make sure Greg had definitely left on his journey before she got back. Had probably decided to treat herself to a nice pizza etc and a night in to compensate.

It also explains GR's extreme emotion in the press conferences and appeals – he is crazed with remorse not for killing her, as some people suspected, but because the row has indirectly led to this outcome, and he must now wish he had acted differently as his girlfriend would probably still be alive. But all that has led to him remaining under suspicion, at least from the public.

It also possibly explains why he apparently ‘didn’t see’ whatever it was in the flat that convinced her parents she’s been abducted – he was still inclined to see everything around him as related to their row and Jo making a point that she wasn’t going to wait in for him, hadn’t tidied up as agreed etc.

'

digitspy are worse than chit chat!

wasnt it that they are satified Jo returned home. Dont think they have said anything about where or when she died

has anyone mentioned the possibility that the cause of death -strangulation , may have been the result of a sex game that went wrong

....and every website you ever visited you will have to explain away.... even the ones you visited for... erm... purely research purposes.

Honestly officer, I just typed in 'animal lover'.