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image captionJulia James had been working with victims of domestic abuse
The uncle of murdered PCSO Julia James has appealed on social media for help to find her killer.
Michael Turnbull wrote he had loved his niece since the day she was born and called her attacker a monster .
Ms James was found with head injuries in woodland near Dover on Tuesday. There have been no arrests and no possible motive given.
It has emerged the National Crime Agency is providing specialist support to Kent Police.
Officers continued combing woodland near Aylesham over the weekend and mourners - including her colleagues from the Kent force - continued to lay floral tributes in the village.
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Woman said to have been accosted by man in a white transit van as she walked in Nonnington two weeks ago
Detectives working on theory that Julia James, who suffered head injuries, may have been killed by stranger
Her murder is two miles from where Dr Lin Russell, 45, and daughter Megan, six, were bludgeoned to death
Kent Police were called to Snowdown, near Dover, at around 4pm on Tuesday to reports of a body found
Detectives have launched a murder investigation and neighbours claim her Jack Russell was found with body
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image captionJulia James was a serving PCSO with Kent Police
Police have continued combing woodland verges where community support officer Julia James was founded murdered, as the investigation enters its fifth day.
Teams of officers are searching a cordoned-off area where her body was found on Tuesday.
Mourners have continued laying flowers in Aylesham village, including tributes from the 53-year-old s family.
Ms James was found with significant head injuries in woodland near Dover.
Kent Police are considering all possible motives.
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image captionTeams of officers resumed searches of woodland on Saturday
Floral tributes included a message attached to a bunch of pink and white tulips that said: To our beautiful niece Julia.
Friday April 30, 2021, 8:11 PM
Rebecca Barry has the latest on the murder investigation in which police have admitted they have no suspects or motives
The family of murdered PCSO Julia James have paid tribute to her, saying her loss will be felt every moment of every day and pleaded for anyone with information about her death to help get “justice” for her, as police revealed they have no motive or suspects.
The emotional tribute to the 53-year-old community support officer comes as murder detectives have yet to make any arrests and consider “all possible” motives to the killing near Dover in Kent.
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Search for clues underway following death of PCSO Julia James. ITV News Rebecca Barry reports
A relative of a Police Community Support Officer who was found dead in Kent on Tuesday has said the incident has devastated their close family.
The body of 53-year-old Julia James was found in Ackholt Wood, close to the village of Snowdown.
Police are treating the mother-of-two s death as murder, with detectives carrying out searches in the local area and making enquiries.
Margaret Burnett, who is a cousin of Julia’s mother and describes herself as a distant relative, says the whole family is absolutely devastated following the news of Julia s death.