The father of missing architect Joanna Yeates has said he "would be relieved" if the body of a young woman found on a snow-covered verge was his daughter's.
The remains were discovered on a country lane on Christmas morning by a couple out walking their dogs three miles from where the 25-year-old was last seen alive eight days ago.
A full post-mortem examination is due to be carried out today and formal identification is expected later.
David Yeates, speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, said: "Of course we don't know for sure that it's her but we assume that it is.
The body was found close to Bristol and Clifton Golf Club
"It hasn't been a Christmas for us. I don't know what it's been. It's been surreal, totally unreal. We're just waiting now for the police to tell us what we suspect.
"In truth we feel like we hope ... we would be relieved if it was her. We don't want to go to our graves wondering where she is and not being given the chance to say goodbye to her.
"We assume that she's dead so we'd like to say goodbye ... our lives have gone."
Joanna and boyfriend Greg Reardon
The scene in Longwood Lane, in the Failand area of North Somerset, close to Bristol and Clifton Golf Club, has been sealed off for forensic examination.
The body was clothed and covered in snow.
Chief Superintendent Jon Stratford, of Avon and Somerset Police, said the body was found in the roadside verge at 9am.
"At the current time it is far too early to be able to establish the identity of the body or the cause of death."
Joanna's parents, David and Theresa Yeates
The Avon Fire Service helped police to remove the body from the scene in order to preserve the site for a thorough forensic examination.
The last known sighting of Miss Yeates, known to her friends as Jo, was on CCTV as she bought a pizza at a branch of Tesco Express in the Clifton area of Bristol on the evening of December 17.
Click here to see pictures of Joanna Yeates.
The university graduate, who worked as a landscape architect for BDP, was making her way home to the flat she shared with her boyfriend, Greg Reardon, after a night out with work colleagues in Bristol city centre.
Mr Reardon, 27, reported her missing on Sunday night after returning home to their flat in Canynge Road, Clifton, from a weekend away in Sheffield visiting family.
Joanna Yeates was last seen on Friday, December 17
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