Julia James: Everything we know so far as police release image of frustrating individual
10 days on from the murder of Julia James, there is a lot we know, but vital pieces of information are still missing
Assistant Chief Constable Tom Richards arrives to give a statement about the ongoing investigation into the murder of PCSO Julia James, outside Kent Police headuqarters in Folkestone. (Image: PA Wire/PA Images)
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A man who was being sought by police as part of the investigation into the murder of PCSO Julia James has been identified, with officers no longer seeking information about him.
Mrs James, 53, was found bludgeoned to death in woodland near her home in Snowdown, Kent, on April 27, shortly after leaving the house with her beloved Jack Russell that afternoon.
Kent Police released a photo earlier on Friday of a man they said could be of crucial importance to the investigation.
But the force said the man has now been identified and they are no longer appealing for information about him.
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The 53-year-old mum and Police Community Support Officer was found on a footpath near Akholt Wood, Aylesham, Kent, shortly after 4pm on April 27.
She was discovered with serious head injuries and her Jack Russell Toby lying next to her. A huge investigation has been launched with multiple appeals for information, a huge search and a new picture released of PCSO James in the last clothes she was seen in before her murder.
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A lack of GPS data close to where the mother-of-two was bludgeoned to death in a Kent village north of Dover suggests that her attacker is local and a man, a source has claimed.