Suffolk police have made an arrest in connection with the Vick Hall case.

Detectives have not yet released details of the suspect they currently have in custody following extensive enquiries, after they reopened the case in September 2019, 20 years after the killing.

Victoria Hall, aged 17, was last seen alive in the early hours of Sunday 19 September 1999, in High Road, Trimley St Mary.

Victoria left home on the evening of Saturday 18 September 1999 to go for a night out with a friend at the Bandbox nightclub in Bent Hill, Felixstowe, where they remained until around 1am on the morning of Sunday 19 September.

They then went to get some food at the Bodrum Grill in Undercliff Road West, before beginning the walk back to Trimley St Mary. They parted at around 2.20am near to the junction of High Road and Faulkeners Way. Victoria was just yards away from her home.

When Victoria's parents woke-up that morning and discovered that she had not returned home, the police were called and a missing person inquiry commenced.

Five days later, on Friday 24 September, Victoria's naked body was found in a ditch beside a field by a dog walker in Creeting Lane, Creeting St Peter, approximately 25 miles away from where she was last seen.

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 new team of detectives, after fresh information had been received that was not previously known.

As a result of the work that has been ongoing for the past two years, officers have arrested a man on suspicion of murder this morning, Wednesday 28 July.

He has been taken into police custody where he currently remains for questioning. This individual is not someone who has previously been arrested as part of this inquiry.

Detectives continue to ask for anyone with information about Victoria's death to contact the Major Investigation Team, via either the online portal or by telephone as detailed below:

- Major Incident Public Reporting Portal – https://mipp.police.uk/operation/3637020112A02-PO2

- Phone – call the incident room direct on either: 0800 092 0410 or 0207 158 0124. (These lines will be open until 10pm tomorrow, Thursday 29 July. Thereafter, please use 01473 782059 and quote Operation Avon)

Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their online form: www.crimestoppers-uk.org