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The Courier, October 17, 1980
The Murder Victim No-One Has Been Able to Identify
Found Tuesday 23 October by three horse riders in the afternoon, from the post mortem they believe she had been dead around 3 days and was around 6 weeks pregnant.
No birthmark or scars, never received dental treatment. Previously had a child.
Death from blows to her head by a blunt instrument (blood stained log found at scene). Nobody had tried to hide her body, which would have been easily done.
The area was searched thoroughly for any clues left by the woman or murderer as to learn the identity of either, the lake was also searched.
Thousands of man hours, police logs filled, finger prints checked, missing persons files searched including by interpol.
700 Weald farms visited and questioned to find out if she was working as a hop or fruit picker and are being revisited.
The story goes on to say how the police comment how extremely difficult the case is to solve due to the lack of clues to follow. Possibly the most difficult in Kent history, that this type of crime, with an unknown victim and no motive, are the hardest to solve.
Despite this they aren't closing the case and still feel someone may identify her.
They believe she was killed where she lay and not brought there.
Cranbrook Police Station Incident Room was reopened due to the belief that the victim did work at a local farm and they brought in 20 police from Kent HQ to go back to the previously visited 700 farms and 24 parishes to make more enquiries and to catch people who may not have previously been around when the police had called, as picking season had finished in the hope someone recognised her.
Funnily enough it then goes on to say about all the speculation from amateur detectives about who killed her, where, how and why in local pubs.
Witnesses saw her in the Sunday according to one of these press releases, her body found on the Tuesday, that roughly fits in with the autopsy findings. It also fits in with police beliefs that she was killed in situ.