UK UK - Melanie Hall, 25, Bath, Somerset, 9 June 1996

[tes1984]

Most online commentators are absolutely clueless, and I would take local 'knowledge' with a massive pinch of salt.

I'm not sure if relying on AI, or trying to make a 'mix and match' DNA profile, is going to solve this case.

If DCI Lavender only had 80 or 90 POIs to start with, then I really don't know what to tell him.

 

[Jenesaisquoi]

‘only’ ! I thought that was quite a lot of potentially murderous people for that area!

 

[wtiger]

‘only’ ! I thought that was quite a lot of potentially murderous people for that area!

i reckon almost 100% of people are "potentially murderous" given the right combination of circumstances tbh

 

[tes1984]

‘only’ ! I thought that was quite a lot of potentially murderous people for that area!

It's a lot of the police are only considering known murderers. If it was a rapist who 'graduated' to murder, then It's not really a high number of potential POIs.

AFAIK the previous arrests in the case have been men who don't fit into either category.

A lot of the Bristol cases (Jo Yeates, Melanie Road, Jenny King etc) were committed by men who weren't known rapists or murderers.

In the Batman case, the police had at least 2000 POIs, so a hundred or so really isn't a lot IMO.

 

[Deadbeat]

Most online commentators are absolutely clueless, and I would take local 'knowledge' with a massive pinch of salt.

I'm not sure if relying on AI, or trying to make a 'mix and match' DNA profile, is going to solve this case.

If DCI Lavender only had 80 or 90 POIs to start with, then I really don't know what to tell him.

One user states that ‘locally the rumour was going around it was a bouncer’. That is obviously something I’ll take with a HUGE grain of salt but I found it interesting because while it’s possible, I’d never heard anyone suspect that it COULD have been. I’m sure staff were all checked out though too.

 

[tes1984]

One user states that ‘locally the rumour was going around it was a bouncer’. That is obviously something I’ll take with a HUGE grain of salt but I found it interesting because while it’s possible, I’d never heard anyone suspect that it COULD have been. I’m sure staff were all checked out though too.

The police looked at bouncers during the 90s enquiries. It was difficult to track bouncers, barmen, security guards etc, as a lot of nighttime work was cash in hand, with no paper trail.