Body found off Clevedon Road in hunt for missing Joanna Yeates
By Local_Andy | Saturday, December 25, 2010, 15:25
The body of a young woman has been found just off the Clevedon Road by police hunting for missing Bristol architect Joanna Yeates.
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Police expect to confirm tomorrow whether the body found in Failand off the Clevedon Road is missing Clifton woman Joanna Yeates
It is understood, but has not yet been confirmed, the body is of the missing woman from Clifton.
Detectives said a couple walking their dogs found a body in Failand, North Somerset, on Christmas Day morning.
The woman's body was discovered at 9am in a verge in Longwood Lane, off Long Ashton golf course.
The area has been closed.
Ms Yeates, 25, disappeared after returning home to Clifton from an evening out with work colleagues last Friday, leaving behind all her belongings at the home in Canynge Road she shares with her boyfriend Greg Reardon.
For the full breaking news story check out coverage on the Bristol Evening Post.
And spare a thought this Christmas Day for the Yeates family.
Anyone with any information about Joanna Yeates should call Bristol CID on 0117 945 5355, or anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Police are searching the flat of Jo Yeates' next-door neighbour in Clifton, believed to be a Dutchman named Vincent Tabak. http://tinyurl.com/62bttwj
By Local_Andy at 15:39 on 20/01/11
ReportBreaking news on Jo Yeates' murder: Police arrested a 32-year-old this morning http://tinyurl.com/5tpetrv
By Local_Andy at 09:54 on 20/01/11
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