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

[Professor Moriarty]

“We believe there’s a strong possibility Melanie left the nightclub with her killer, as a coat she’d checked into a cloakroom was collected, but she could have met them outside or got into a car.''

What is the connection between collecting her coat and leaving with her killer? Surely, she wouldn't leave her coat behind whether she left with her killer or not?

 

[tes1984]

You needed a ticket (which was usually £1) to get your coat back when you left a 90s club. Interesting if Melanie and her boyfriend both kept hold of their own tickets, rather than keeping them both together in his wallet or her purse.

Also interesting that the reward is now 20k. IIRC at one stage it was 100k, with Melanie's parents putting up 50k, and a newspaper the other 50k. I wonder why the amount has been reduced.