03/07/2015

Man Arrested On Suspicion Of 1984 Murder

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a female student over 30 years ago.

Melanie Road was 17 when she was attacked after a night out in June 1984.

Her body was discovered with multiple stab wounds close to a block of garages in St Stephen's Court, Lansdown.

A 63-year-old man from Bristol has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

He remains in police custody.

Avon and Somerset police said it would be "inappropriate for us to comment further at this stage".

(LM)

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