Bristol Murders (Sutton True Crime History)

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Hearn, Adrian (20 January 2011). "Tarpaulin put around Jo Yeates' and neighbour Vincent Tabak's flats". South West News Service. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011 . Retrieved 20 January 2011. He tried to blame the laboratory that had carried out the testing, suggesting it was insecure, even that a scientist may have been paid to set him up. a b "Murdered Joanna Yeates 'seen leaving with two people' ". BBC News. BBC. 29 December 2010. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015 . Retrieved 24 March 2014. a b Halliday, Josh (5 January 2011). "ITV News banned from Joanna Yeates press conference". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015 . Retrieved 5 January 2011. He died of head injuries and strangulation before being thrown into the river. A trail of blood leading up to his car was found by police, and was one of the first indications foul play was involved.

Leveson Inquiry: media witch hunt made me feel I was under house arrest, Christopher Jeffries ( sic)". The Daily Telegraph. 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014 . Retrieved 4 February 2012. Vincent Tabak, a 32-year-old Dutch architectural engineer and the occupant of a third flat in the building, was arrested on 20 January 2011. Media attention at the time centred on the filming of a re-enactment of her disappearance for the BBC's programme Crimewatch. After two days of questioning, Tabak was charged on 22 January 2011 with Yeates's murder. On 5 May, he pleaded guilty to Yeates's manslaughter, but denied murdering her. His trial started on 4 October; he was found guilty of murder on 28 October, and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years.

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Rebecca Watts missing: Police and members of the public in search for Bristol teenager". The Independent. 25 February 2015 . Retrieved 20 November 2016. On Christmas morning, at about the time Tabak and Morson – who remained ignorant of her boyfriend's crime – were opening their gifts, Yeates's body was found by a dog walker, covered in leaves and a pile of snow next to a quarry wall at Longwood Lane, Failand, three miles from Clifton. It looked as if the killer had tried to heave the body over the wall. Had he succeeded Yeates could still be a missing person. Tabak initially maintained he was not responsible for Joanna Yeates's death, claiming that DNA evidence linking him to the crime had been fabricated by corrupt officials. However, on 8 February, he told Peter Brotherton, a prison chaplain, that he had killed her and intended to plead guilty. [103] Hearn, Adrian (20 January 2011). "Officers search flat of Vincent Tabak's friend". South West News Service. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011 . Retrieved 20 January 2011. Jo Yeates' killer Vincent Tabak admits possessing indecent images of children". BBC News. BBC. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015 . Retrieved 3 March 2015.

MP calls for change in the law after 'intrusive' coverage of Joanna Yeates case". Bristol Evening Post. Local World. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014 . Retrieved 5 September 2014. Finally, what police and pathologists discovered when they examined Yeates's body suggested more went on than Tabak admits to recalling.The investigation, called "Operation Braid", comprised 80 detectives and civilian staff under the direction of Detective Chief Inspector Phil Jones, a senior officer with Avon and Somerset Constabulary's major crime investigation unit. [30] It became one of the largest police operations in the Constabulary's history. [31] Jones urged the public to come forward with any information to help catch the killer, especially potential witnesses who were in the vicinity of Longwood Lane in Failand in the period before Yeates's body was discovered. [32] He stated that the investigation was seeking the driver of a "light-coloured 4x4 vehicle" for questioning. [33]

Police launched a murder inquiry after a man who suffered a serious head injury in an assault died in hospital.

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Baker, Hazel (2 January 2011). "Joanna Murder Suspect Released on Police Bail". Sky News Online. British Sky Broadcasting Limited. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011 . Retrieved 2 January 2011. Insp Munro added that there would be an "increased police presence in the area over the coming days" as forensic examinations are underway". Police also confirmed that "efforts to locate the man’s next of kin are ongoing as we look to inform them of his death as soon as we can".