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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/jos-brother-in-hole-of-despair.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Theresa Yeates,Joanna Yeate's mother, is comforted by Joanna's father David and brother Chris (2nd left, grey coat)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-jos-brother-in-hole-of-despair.jpg" alt="Theresa Yeates,Joanna Yeate's mother, is comforted by Joanna's father David and brother Chris (2nd left, grey coat)"/></a></p>
<p>The family of murdered Joanna Yeates paid a series of heartfelt tributes as they made a fresh plea for help to catch her killer.</p>
<p>Speaking publicly for the first time, her brother Chris, 28, said his sister&#8217;s death had left him in a &#8220;surreal hole of despair&#8221;.</p>
<p>And parents David, 63, and Theresa, 58, spoke of the daily trauma they have been forced to endure since their daughter was snatched and dumped in a country lane &#8220;like a piece of garbage&#8221;.</p>
<p>The family spoke out as police revealed they were following up new leads that emerged after they spoke to scores of witnesses who may have seen Miss Yeates before she disappeared in Bristol on December 17.</p>
<p>After the 25-year-old was reported two days later by her boyfriend Greg Reardon, 27, her brother helped in the search by putting up posters around the city&#8217;s Clifton area appealing for information.</p>
<p>Mr Yeates said that since his sister&#8217;s death he, his his partner Alla Ritch and her son, were trying to come to terms with the loss.</p>
<p>&#8220;From December 19 onwards I entered into a surreal hole of despair,&#8221; he said in a statement released by Avon and Somerset Police.</p>
<p>&#8220;Jo was my sister and I shared the fear that my parents had that something bad had happened to her. The whole week seemed very unreal up to the time when Jo was found which to me did not bring closure but an acceptance of the situation. I got to say a final emotional goodbye to Jo and the despair I had was replaced with a wave of deep sadness.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a poignant statement, the Yeates family also spoke of their &#8220;terrible loss and sadness&#8221; and said they still haven&#8217;t come to terms with the fact that they will never see her again. They said her two-year relationship with Mr Reardon was &#8220;probably one of the happiest periods of her life&#8221;.</p>
<p>The family added: &#8220;We would like to reiterate the request for any information which could relate to Jo&#8217;s death, however small or insignificant it might appear. That single piece could just enable the police to understand what happened, and identify the killer.&#8221;</p>
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