Ex-patient link probed after murder

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Dr Victoria Anyetei was stabbed in a frenzied attack in her own car before she left for work.

Police are continuing their search for the killer of the devout Christian, who worked as a locum consultant paediatrician at St Thomas' Hospital, London.

Kent Police has a dedicated team of 20 officers working on the murder inquiry and has set up an incident room at the force's major crime unit in Chatham.

Dr Anyetei was discovered by her 19-year-old son in her silver Toyota Avensis in a cul-de-sac in Teynham Road, Dartford, Kent, at 10.20am on Tuesday.

Police believe the 53-year-old Ghanaian's killer may have been lying in wait for her inside the vehicle when she left for work at 8am.

Chief Superintendent Gary Beautridge, Kent Police Area Commander for Dartford and Gravesham, said: "It's a truly extraordinary crime as these things hardly ever happen: a middle-aged, professional, well respected, upstanding, devout Christian member of the community attacked in a frenzied way and struck down in broad daylight.

"That is the almost unique challenge facing the murder inquiry [team] at this stage."

Mr Beautridge said that officers would look "in some detail" at the possibility the doctor was murdered by a disgruntled former patient or their parents.

But he said officers were keeping an open mind as to the motive. No weapon has been found. The Toyota Avensis is undergoing forensic tests.