- By Laurence Cawley & David Keller
- BBC News, Suffolk
Image source, Suffolk Police
Victoria Hall was 17 when she was snatched about 300 yards away from her home and killed
Police investigating the unsolved murder of a teenage girl in Suffolk more than 24 years ago have re-arrested a man in connection with the inquiry.
Victoria Hall, 17, was last seen in the early hours of Sunday, 19 September 1999 in High Road, Trimley St Mary.
A man, initially arrested in 2021, was rearrested by police on suspicion of murder on Wednesday before being released under investigation.
The police have yet to confirm the identity or details of arrested man.
Victoria left home on the evening of 18 September 1999 to go for a night out with a friend at the Bandbox nightclub in Bent Hill, Felixstowe.
Victoria’s body was found in a ditch at Creeting St Peter five days after she went missing
She and her friend stayed there until about 01:00 BST on 19 September before leaving to get food at the Bodrum Grill in Undercliff Road West.
They then started to walk back to Trimley St Mary.
Victoria was just a short walk from her home when she and her friend parted company at about 02:20 near the junction of High Road and Faulkeners Way.
When Victoria’s parents woke-up they found she had not returned home and called the police.
A missing person’s inquiry was opened but five days later Victoria’s naked body was found in a ditch beside a field by a dog walker in Creeting Lane, Creeting St Peter.
The location was about about 25 miles (40km) from where she was last seen.
In September 2019, Suffolk Police revealed the case – known as Operation Avon – was once again a live murder inquiry and was being reinvestigated by a new detective team.
Fresh information had been received that was not previously known, Suffolk police said.
Officers arrested a man on suspicion of murder on 28 July 2021.
The man was not somebody previously been arrested as part of the inquiry.
The same man was re-arrested in Wednesday. He has once again been released pending further inquiries.
Suffolk police asked for anyone with information about the case to contact them.
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