Murder hunt stepped up

Amanda Champion was described as lonely but smiling

A crime profiler has been brought in to help find the killer of murdered Amanda Champion, police have said.

The 21-year-old's decomposed body was found on wasteland by a member of the public in Ashford on Saturday night.

Kent Police said the profiler from the National Crime Faculty would start work on the case on Friday.

Miss Champion was reported missing 11 days before her body was found and had not been at work for more than three weeks.

We will leave no stone unturned in tracking down and charging the person responsible for the murder Det Chief Insp Dean Barnes

She was described by her family as a lonely girl who had a hard life but was always smiling.

Detective Chief Inspector Dean Barnes, leading the investigation, said: "We will leave no stone unturned in tracking down and charging the person responsible for the murder of Amanda Champion.

"We will take advantage of the latest forensic technology and specialist skills as part of our investigation."

He renewed an appeal for anyone with information on Miss Champion's disappearance to contact Ashford Police.

Body found near pub

Posters have been handed in the Newtown area around her home in Alfred Road and where her body was found near the Albion pub off Mead Road.

Detectives particularly want to speak to anyone who saw Miss Champion between 3 and 15 July.

She is described as 5 ft 3 in and of a small build with long, light brown hair and blue rimmed glasses.

When she was last seen she was wearing a red t-shirt, blue jeans, white trainers and a blue sleeveless smock-type top similar to those worn in factories.