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

[tes1984]

The case against Shillibier is:

Known murderer with links to Bath.
Prime suspect in an unresolved Bath murder.
Known links to a potential route Melanie may have taken out of central Bath.
Confesses to Melanie's murder, then retracts his confession.
Confesses in 1997 that he has murdered before.
Appearance matches the composite sketch.
Age matches the age (27) sometimes mentioned in appeals.
Mobile offender with access to motor vehicles.
Has accomplices who are also highly mobile.
Removes clothing from victims and takes clothing as souvenirs.
Bludgeons victims.

 

[tes1984]

Most killers in this scenario don't leave the nightclub with their victim. They hang around outside, posing as cab drivers, or waiting on foot to follow women. Bath was plagued by predators hanging around outside clubs in the 80s and 90s.

Would the bouncers have let in single males on such a busy Saturday night?

Did the bouncers stamp the wrists of patrons, so they could let back in those who had temporarily left the club for a cigarette?