A man has been re-arrested on suspicion of murdering 17-year-old Victoria Hall, who was found dead after disappearing from a village near Felixstowe more than 24 years ago.
Victoria was last seen alive in the early hours of Sunday, September 19 in 1999, in High Road, Trimley St Mary.
Her body was discovered more than 20 miles away in mid-Suffolk several days later, with her killer never brought to justice.
But Suffolk police has now confirmed a man who was arrested in connection with the probe in 2021 was re-arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday and taken into custody.
He has been released under investigation pending further enquiries.
Victoria left home on the evening of Saturday, September 18 in 1999 to go for a night out with a friend in Felixstowe, where they remained until about 1am the following morning.
They then went to get some food at the Bodrum Grill in Undercliff Road West, before beginning the walk back to Trimley St Mary.
At about 2.20am they parted at the junction of High Road and Faulkeners Way, yards from Victoria's home.
It was five days later when her naked body was found ditch beside a field by a dog walker in Creeting Lane in Creeting St Peter, outside Stowmarket – about 25 miles from her home.
In September 2019, Suffolk police revealed that the case – known as Operation Avon – was now a live inquiry again and being fully reinvestigated by a dedicated team of detectives, after fresh information had been received that was not previously known.
On July 28, 2021, a man who had not previously been arrested as part of the probe was arrested on suspicion of murder and released under investigation.
It was reported then in a national newspaper that the suspect was 'Suffolk Strangler' Steve Wright, who murdered five women in Ipswich in late 2006.
When questioned by journalists at that time, Suffolk Police would not confirm or deny that the person who had been arrested over Victoria's death was Wright.
It is believed that the man re-arrested is Wright, 65, who is currently serving a whole life sentence for the Ipswich murders.
He was previously the landlord of the Ferry Boat pub in King Street, Norwich.
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