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Murdered Amanda CCTV released
A CCTV still of Amanda Champion in the post office
Police have not said how Amanda Champion died
Detectives in Kent have released CCTV footage of the last recorded sighting of murdered Amanda Champion in the hunt for her killer.

The images were taken of the 21-year-old as she walked into a post office in South Willesborough, near Ashford.

Miss Champion was last seen on 3 July by colleagues at the firm where she worked on a production line.

She was reported missing by her family 12 days later and her decomposed body was found dumped on wasteland near a pub on 26 July.

Crime profiler

Kent Police have not said how she died for "operational reasons".

A police spokesman said: "The CCTV footage shows Amanda going into South Willesborough post office shortly after she finished work at 1700 BST on 3 July.

"It is the last recorded sighting."

A mobile police station is being set up in Mead Road to give anyone with information about the killing the chance to talk to police.

Amanda Champion
Amanda Champion was described as lonely but smiling

Miss Champion's family described her as a lonely girl who lived on her own.

Last month her uncle Victor Champion said: "She has had the hardest life that anybody could have.

"She never deserved this to happen to her. She never hurt anyone.

"She was devoted to her dad and when he died she had to face the world alone.

"The only good thing to come out of this is that hopefully she is with him now."

Last week detectives said they had brought in a crime profiler to help find Miss Champion's killer.




SEE ALSO:
Murdered woman identified
29 Jul 03  |  Kent
Body found on wasteland
27 Jul 03  |  Kent


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