00:00Avon and Somerset Police say Melanie Hall, who was 25, was last seen in the early hours of Sunday, 9th
00:07June 1996 at the former Cadillac's nightclub on Walcott Street during a busy night in the city as England played
00:14Switzerland in Euro 96 during one-all with Alan Shearer scoring.
00:18Her disappearance triggered one of the most significant unsolved murder investigations in the force's area, with officers now revisiting the
00:27case as part of a renewed appeal called the Justice for Melanie campaign.
00:38The 8th of June 1996 wasn't just another night out in Bath for Melanie Hall. This was the last night
00:44that she was singing live.
00:47Melanie went out with her partner. They went out for a nice barbecue with their friends and the evening went
00:53on and they ended up coming to Walcott Street, where we are today, where her boyfriend parked his car not
01:00far from where we're standing.
01:03Melanie went on into the club, which was Cadillac's nightclub.
01:09Melanie was last seen in the club. What we don't know is what happened to her next.
01:14What we're really trying to find is what actually happened to her on the 9th of June until she was
01:20sadly killed.
01:22I appreciate I'm asking people to think back 30 years, but think about what was happening in 96.
01:27It was the rise of new labour. It was a summer's evening.
01:32The Spice Girls were in the charts. Oasis had just sold out in Nebworth. It was a summer of hope.
01:38So this is not just another appeal. I'm really interested in anyone who was out around Cadillac's nightclub, in Cadillac's
01:46nightclub or Bath that evening and maybe saw somebody that with the passage of time,
01:51the fact that they were in that location could be important. So please come forward, speak to us, give us
01:58that information and let us decide whether they are relevant or not to the investigation.
02:04Melanie's remains were found in 2009 on the side of the M5 slip road at Junction 14 near Thornbury.
02:10Does that location mean something to somebody? Do you know someone who travelled northbound? It may not have been on
02:16the night of the 8th into the 9th of June.
02:18It may have been very soon thereafter, but were you driving past? Did you see a car parked there? Did
02:24you see anything suspicious?
02:25If you did, then that's the sort of information that we need people to tell us about and then let
02:29us decide if that person's relevant to the investigation.
02:33We're as committed now to solving this as we were 30 years ago. It's never been filed. It's a live
02:39investigation. We're dedicated to solving this for Melanie and for her family.
02:43The campaign, launched to mark 30 years since she was last seen, is designed by Avon and Somerset Police to
02:48prompt memories from 1996, encouraging anyone who was in Bath that night or who may have information to come forward
02:56with even the smallest detail.
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