Police investigating the murder of Jo Yeates are now wondering if she was strangled wth her own sock or grabbed by her killer, or killers, as she went to collect Christmas cards from her letterbox.
The building she lived in had a communal postbox and she would have had to travel down a dark pathway to get her mail.
While it is pure speculation, it might explain why no forced entry to her flat was apparent and why her coat and shoes were left behind.
“The post room wasn’t very far, so sometimes I’d run out in my slippers or even socks.
“If someone was hanging around they could have grabbed her, it’s very dark. Alternatively, in the time it took Jo to leave her flat to reach the communal area, a prowler could have sneaked in her unlocked flat and laid in wait.”
“We are keeping an open mind about whether the sock was used to strangle her,” Jones said.
“We are also keeping an open mind about whether it is being used as a trophy.
“The sock could be in the possession of the offender or in a house or a vehicle.”
Until yesterday, police had only revealed that Yeates was “fully clothed” when her body was discovered near the edge of a quarry about three miles from her Bristol home.
The new revelations suggest that she arrived home and took off her boots and coat, before either opening the door to her killer or disturbing him in the flat.
Jones refused to reveal if anything else was missing from Yeates’ flat.
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