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Witness hunt over doctor's murder | Witness hunt over doctor's murder |
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Hundreds of leaflets are to be handed out to people in a Kent town to try to prompt witnesses to the murder of a doctor who was stabbed to death. | |
Dr Victoria Anyetei, 53, a consultant paediatrician at St Thomas's Hospital in London, was stabbed to death on her driveway in Teynham Road, Dartford. | Dr Victoria Anyetei, 53, a consultant paediatrician at St Thomas's Hospital in London, was stabbed to death on her driveway in Teynham Road, Dartford. |
Police are also putting up posters in the area to jog people's memories. | Police are also putting up posters in the area to jog people's memories. |
The attack motive remains unclear but detectives have said the killer may be a former patient or his or her parents. | The attack motive remains unclear but detectives have said the killer may be a former patient or his or her parents. |
A team of 20 officers are following a number of lines of inquiry. | A team of 20 officers are following a number of lines of inquiry. |
They are appealing to anyone who saw anything untoward in Teynham Road, Whitfield Crescent or Watling Street on Tuesday morning, between 0700 BST and 1030 BST. | They are appealing to anyone who saw anything untoward in Teynham Road, Whitfield Crescent or Watling Street on Tuesday morning, between 0700 BST and 1030 BST. |
The BBC's Tulip Mazumdar said: "Officers hope distributing leaflets might help to job people's memories. | |
"Police are also asking neighbours to check their gardens for a possible discarded weapon." | |
Dr Anyetei left home for work at 0800 BST and was found by her 19-year-old son at 1020 BST. | Dr Anyetei left home for work at 0800 BST and was found by her 19-year-old son at 1020 BST. |
It is believed the killer may have lain in wait in her car, a silver Toyota Avensis. | It is believed the killer may have lain in wait in her car, a silver Toyota Avensis. |
The doctor's family paid tribute on Thursday to a "dedicated mother and loving sister". | The doctor's family paid tribute on Thursday to a "dedicated mother and loving sister". |
Dr Anyetei's body was found on the driveway of her home | |
In a statement they said: "We are very shocked and upset and feel a great loss. | In a statement they said: "We are very shocked and upset and feel a great loss. |
"She was loved deeply by all of us and will be terribly missed." | "She was loved deeply by all of us and will be terribly missed." |
Her son and another young relative who lives with them are being cared for by relatives in Essex. | Her son and another young relative who lives with them are being cared for by relatives in Essex. |
The doctor's younger brother, Gilbert Anyetei, is travelling at the weekend from South Africa, where he lives, to be with the rest of the family. | The doctor's younger brother, Gilbert Anyetei, is travelling at the weekend from South Africa, where he lives, to be with the rest of the family. |
"She was such a sweet person - she wouldn't have any enemies at all," he told BBC Radio Kent. | "She was such a sweet person - she wouldn't have any enemies at all," he told BBC Radio Kent. |
"I just want to know what was the reason behind the murder - why they did that to her in the manner that they did?" | "I just want to know what was the reason behind the murder - why they did that to her in the manner that they did?" |
He said he had last seen Dr Anyetei in July, when he was in England for a family wedding. | He said he had last seen Dr Anyetei in July, when he was in England for a family wedding. |
"She was supposed to come and visit me in Johannesburg on 1 December with her family and she was very excited," he said. | "She was supposed to come and visit me in Johannesburg on 1 December with her family and she was very excited," he said. |
Divorcee Dr Anyetei was a devout Christian from Ghana where her former husband lives. |