COPS hunting the killer of Joanna Yeates are on the verge of a breakthrough after taking a DNA sample from saliva found on her body.
A DNA profile from the sample, obtained by swabbing her skin, could hold the key to solving her murder.Experts are working on the sample, thought to come from saliva left by the killer as he struggled to dump her.
Further tests are being carried out on other swabs taken from 25-year-old Jo's body - and from clothing and possessions in the flat in Clifton, Bristol, where she lived with boyfriend Greg Reardon, 27.
Jo was last seen on the night of December 17.
Her body was found three miles away in a ditch next to a quarry by a couple walking on Christmas Day morning. Heavy snow covering her corpse hindered obtaining a DNA profile, experts said.
But scientists were able to get one from cotton wool-style buds swiped across her body.
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A huge trawl of mobile phone data is also being carried out from the nearest cell site masts to her home and the spot where she was dumped. And cops are sifting through 300 tons of rubbish.
They are looking for a Tesco pizza bought by Jo shortly before she died and a long woollen ski sock that was missing from her body when it was found.
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