Caroline Everest death: Rape suspect released on bail

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The body of Caroline Everest was discovered in Sheffield's Porter Brook river

A man arrested on suspicion of rape after the body of a missing 18-year-old student was discovered in a Sheffield river has been bailed.

Caroline Everest, 18, was last seen at the Corporation nightclub in Milton Street in the early hours of Sunday.

Her body was discovered on Tuesday in the Porter Brook river, near Ecclesall Road. Her death is "unexplained".

South Yorkshire Police said the 31-year-old man had been bailed pending further enquiries.

The cause of her death has not yet been determined after a post-mortem examination proved "inconclusive".

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Miss Everest, who was studying at Sheffield Hallam University, was reported missing after she failed to turn up for a family dinner on Sunday.

She was seen on CCTV leaving the Corporation at about 02:40 GMT on Sunday.

She was then seen moments later with a man outside the Devonshire Cat pub, in Wellington Street.

They pair were then seen parting company on Napier Street, in the Sharrow area of the city, at about 03:35, before Miss Everest was seen walking along Summerfield Street, in the direction of the Porter Brook at about 03:45.

The 31-year-old was arrested following an extensive trawl of the footage, police had said.

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