Esme Hoad was beaten around the head with a blunt instrument and stabbed in the chest in her own home more than 40 years ago — and now officers are reopening the case Police are hoping new e-fits could lead to a breakthrough in a decades-old cold case (Image: Kent Police)

Detectives have issued e-fits (electronic facial identification technique) of a pair they wish to speak to regarding the savage unsolved killing of an elderly woman more than 40 years ago. The brutal murder took place all the way back in 1982, but new technology could help finally solve the case.

Esme Hoad, 85, was bludgeoned in the head with a blunt object and knifed in the chest at her own home. Police said the assault took place whilst Esme was alone at her property in Havelock Road in Tonbridge, Kent.

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