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Jo Yeates murder: 'No sign of sex assault'

Originally Posted by BBC News

Police investigating the murder of Bristol landscape architect Jo Yeates have said there is no evidence she was sexually assaulted.

However Avon and Somerset Constabulary has said it is not ruling out a sexual motive in the 25-year-old's death.

The force has appealed for sightings of a 4x4 seen near to where her body was found in Failand, near Bristol.

Her landlord, Chris Jefferies, who was arrested on suspicion of her murder, has been released on police bail.

The appeal for information over the 4x4 came as police said they now believed Miss Yeates returned to her Clifton home safely on 17 December - the night she was last seen alive.
Snow-covered body

But it is still not known when her body was dumped in Longwood Lane before its discovery on Christmas Day.

Det Chief Insp Phil Jones, the senior investigating officer with Avon and Somerset Constabulary, said the 4x4 was spotted around the time Miss Yeates is believed to have disappeared.

He said: "We have had a number of reports of vehicles in Longwood Lane during the late Friday evening and early hours of Saturday morning, including a possibly light-coloured 4x4 vehicle."

"This 4x4 and the other vehicles may be completely unconnected but I urge anyone in that car or any other driver in the vicinity that night to come forward."

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