Man charged with nightclub murder
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Your support makes all the difference.A 21-YEAR-OLD man was charged last night with the murder of Jennifer King, who was strangled after leaving a nightclub in Bristol.
Avon and Somerset police said the man, who has not been named, is due to appear before Bristol magistrates this morning.
Ms King's partially clothed body was found in dense undergrowth near her home at Warmley on the outskirts of Bristol on 3 November, three days after she went missing.
The man charged with her murder was arrested at his home in Warmley. His car and his mother's vehicle have been removed by police forensic science teams. The family and boyfriend of Ms King, 22, a receptionist, have been informed.
News of the arrest came as detectives were preparing for a second weekend of investigations centred on the Chasers nightclub in the Bristol suburb of Kingswood. Ms King left the club at 2.30am on 31 October, apparently to walk alone to her home 20 minutes away.
After her body was discovered, police found two house keys nearby, and believe these may have been dropped by her killer. They then attempted to match the keys to a lock.
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