No-body murder investigation launched after woman disappears from village

Detectives have released a photo of a missing woman they have been looking for since late January, saying they now believe she is ‘likely to have come to serious harm’.

Julie Buckley, 54, from the village of Christchurch in Cambridgeshire, has not been seen in weeks.

A 47-year-old man from the same area remains under arrest on suspicion of her murder.

Police have now declared it a murder investigation, despite having yet found Julie’s body.

Detective Inspector Richard Stott said: ‘We are trying to piece together Julie’s movements before she disappeared so I would appeal for anyone who has seen her in the past few weeks to get in touch.

‘We know she has links to places in the surrounding area including March, Manea and Chatteris so I would urge people who live in those areas to consider if they have information that could be of use to our inquiry.

‘We are in touch with family of Julie and specially trained officers are keeping them up to date on the police inquiry at this very difficult time.

‘Although we have always wanted to find Julie alive, the circumstances suggest she is likely to have come to serious harm, so we continue to treat her disappearance as murder.’

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