Police continue to question Joanna murder suspect

Detectives have begun the second day of questioning a 32-year-old man on suspicion of murdering landscape architect Joanna Yeates.

The suspect was detained in the early hours of Thursday after police investigating the 25-year-old's death uncovered fresh evidence.

Soon afterwards, specialist search teams moved into the neighbouring flat to where Miss Yeates lived at 44 Canynge Road, Clifton, Bristol.

Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak, 32, is registered as living at the address with his girlfriend Tanja Morson. Police officers were seen at the offices of his employer, international consultancy Buro Happold, in Lower Bristol Road, Bath.

The firm, and several colleagues, referred all inquiries to Avon and Somerset Police. The force has not named the suspect in custody.

Workers erected scaffolding and green tarpaulin at the rear of the substantial converted Victorian property. The screen covers the entrance to flat two, where Mr Tabak lived, and the rear of Miss Yeates's rented home.

Police sealed off both ends of Canynge Road as officers in white forensic outfits searched the property. Later, forensic officers loaded three wheelie bins and a mountain bike from the address in Aberdeen Road into a unmarked white transit van.

The latest arrest was the second to be made by detectives since Miss Yeates's frozen body was found dumped in a lane on the outskirts of Bristol on Christmas Day.

The young woman disappeared on Friday December 17 after going for Christmas drinks with colleagues at her architectural firm. Her boyfriend Greg Reardon, 27, reported her missing after he returned to Bristol on December 19 following a weekend away visiting family in Sheffield.

A huge police operation swung into action after her body was found on a verge in Longwood Lane, Failand, North Somerset. Police have said there was no evidence that she had been sexually assaulted but they have not ruled out a sexual motive.

It is understood they are investigating whether Miss Yeates's body was taken from her home in a large bag or suitcase. The line of inquiry arose because there were no drag marks on Miss Yeates's body or clothing. It has also been claimed that police found three separate DNA traces on different parts of the victim's body.

Miss Yeates's landlord Chris Jefferies, 66, was arrested on December 30 and questioned for three days on suspicion of murder before being released on bail.