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Police asked motorists not to travel yesterday after heavy rain brought flooding to parts of Suffolk leaving many roads impassable.

She had been abducted four days earlier from her home village of Earls Colne, about 15 miles away, near Colchester. Linda was strangled with her own scarf and found fully clothed, except for her right, size one, black lace-up shoe. Her overcoat still contained a 10 shilling note she had gone to spend at the local newsagent. A newspaper cutting from around the time of Lindas death - Credit: Archant Until recently, police said there was every reason to believe Linda’s killer was still alive, a...

BBC News Published image copyrightSuffolk Police image captionLinda Smith was last seen alive in the High Street in Earls Colne, 60 years ago "Tremendous obstacles" stand in the way of finding the killer of a 12-year-old girl, 60 years on, police have said. Linda Smith was last seen while on an errand to the newsagents in Earls Colne, Essex, on 16 January 1961. Her body was found four days later in a field in Polstead, Suffolk. She had been strangled with her school scarf. Det Supt Andy Smith s...