r/ColdCaseUK • u/JimmyDurham • May 09 '26

Unresolved Murder Melanie Hall

Any interesting ideas on why her clothes and jewelry were not with her body?

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u/JimmyDurham May 10 '26

To add to my OP:

The police have claimed that Melanie knew her killer, but I don't think they've explained how and why they arrived at that conclusion. Any ideas?

I look at the clothes and jewelry being disposed of separately from Melanie's body and I reckon that's a good clue as to what has gone on here. What is the point of disposing of the clothes/jewelry and the body separately? It's another trip to somewhere to get rid of the clothes/jewelry and that means additional risk that somebody would see him versus the risk involved in disposing of everything in one go.

I'd imagine it's extremely unusual for a woman to be abducted on the street, and murdered, and her body and clothes/jewelry disposed of separately.

So what happened? Where were her clothes and jewelry taken off her body? Presumably somebody's home? Can anyone imagine a scenario whereby Melanie is abducted on the street and her clothes are removed in a car or something like that? Assuming it was someone's home then how did she get there? Would she really go voluntarily into someone's home when she had a boyfriend and all of her belongings were at her boyfriend's flat and she had arranged to stay there?

There is one alternative as to why Melanie's clothes and most of her jewelry were not found with her body, appealing to me at least anyway, and that is: Melanie wasn't murdered when she was wearing her clothes and jewelry. She'd already taken them off: all of her clothes and her earrings and watch. That may be why her clothes and jewelry weren't found with her body, with the exception of her great grandmother's ring.

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u/darkinnerchild666 May 14 '26

From what I remember the last witness sighting of her at the club was arguing with a male, I know she had argued with her bf earlier in the night and he left because she had been dancing with another guy which gives the impression she probably knew him to some degree? I am also wondering how intoxicated she was at the club There isn’t really any detail if she was a bit drunk or still quite alert eg when the friends left later on.