Specialist cops from ‘Britain’s FBI’ have joined the hunt for the killer who bludgeoned a PCSO to death just yards from her home.
Detectives from the National Crime Agency joined the probe into the murder of Julia James as police used drones to scour the bridleway where she was killed.
Officers said the murderer, who battered Julia, 53, on the head with a blunt instrument as she walked her Jack Russell dog, had evaded CCTV cameras.
Assistant Chief Constable Tom Richards said they were keeping an “open mind” with potential motives being linked to her work with domestic abuse victims, or a failed dog napping or sex assault.
Julia, who joined Kent Police in 2008, was working from home on Tuesday and was not in uniform.
Her body was found at 4pm beside woods 300 yards from her home in Snowdon, Kent. Her dog, Toby, had stayed with her body.
Flowers from colleagues placed on the village green had a message that said: “A precious life so tragically taken. We will leave no stone unturned.”
Members of Julia’s family yesterday issued a fresh plea for answers.
One wrote on social media: “Somewhere out there is the person that did this. Just knowing where and when can be enough for CCTV to cast a net. Please call it in.”
