MELANIE HALL TIMELINE

1.10am, June 9, 1996

Hospital worker Melanie Hall was last seen by her friends in Cadillacs nightclub, in Walcot Street, Bath

June 17, 1996

Melanie’s boyfriend, Dr Philip Kurlbaum speaks of his sorrow at her disappearance

September 1996

Police say for the first time that they think Melanie Hall is dead

November 1996

BBC Crimewatch screens a reconstruction of Melanie’s last movements, prompting more than 100 calls to the incident room in Bath

1998

Convicted killer John Cannan is interviewed in connection with her disappearance

August 1999

Police search the River Avon at Bath, between Cleveland Bridge and Chatham Row, but find no clues

December 2000

A friend of Mark Shillabier claims he boasted about killing Melanie. He is interviewed by police

March 2003

Two men are arrested in connection with Melanie’s disappearance. Farmland at Inglesbatch, near Bath is searched, as is a charity shop’s cellars in Chatham Row

April 2003

Police appeal for a witness called Shelley to contact them

August 2003

Two men arrested earlier in the year are released without charge

November 2004

An open verdict is recorded at an inquest held into the suspected death of Melanie Hall. Coroner Paul Forrest said he suspects she was murdered

June 2006

Ten years after her disappearance, Melanie’s father Steve told the Wiltshire Times he still hoped someone would come forward with crucial information

October 5, 2009

A bag of bones are found by a maintenance worker at the side of the slipway at junction 14 of the M5

October 7, 2009

The bones are confirmed as belonging to Melanie Hall