POLICE moved to reassure the community today as the killer of former Hampshire schoolgirl Jo Yeates remained at large.

Chief Superintendent Jon Stratford said there had been no specific intelligence or information to suggest there was an increased threat to people's safety in the Clifton area of Bristol.

However he warned women not to walk home alone after dark.

His comments came after a man who was being questioned by detectives investigating the murder of Miss Yeates was released on police bail.

Police had been holding landlord Chris Jefferies since he was arrested on Thursday at the building in Canynge Road, Clifton, where he and the 25-year-old both lived.

Officers originally had until 7pm on Friday to question him but were granted a further extension by magistrates.

Late last night an Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said: "A 65-year-old man has been released on police bail pending further inquires."

The development came hours after Ms Yeates' family said how much they missed her in a statement read out on their behalf by a police officer.

David and Theresa Yeates, who live at Ampfield, near Romsey, said that Jo had been "stolen" from them but were confident that her killer would be caught.

In a statement read out by Detective Constable Emma Davies, they said time had had "no meaning" for the family since they found out that Jo had gone missing, saying their "lives stopped from the moment we knew Jo was missing".

The statement added: "We will always miss the presence which came with her, hearing her voice, her lightness, and standing back with pride watching her grow through life."

Miss Yeates was born and brought up in Hampshire and was a former pupil of Sherborne House School in Chandler's Ford and Embley Park School in Romsey.

She disappeared on December 17 after a drink with work colleagues and her body was found on Christmas Day. She had been strangled.