Police have been granted more time to question a man arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was attacked in a Suffolk village. 

Fifty-seven-year-old Anita Rose was found unconscious and with critical head and brain injuries on a track near Rectory Lane in Brantham on Wednesday, July 24. 

She was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital for treatment, where she died on Sunday.

On Wednesday a man in his 20s, and from Brantham, was arrested on suspicion of murder, following anniversary checks that were carried out earlier that day.

Detectives have been granted a superintendent’s extension, giving them a further 12 hours to question the man.

This is the third arrest in the investigation, after police recovered Anita’s missing iPhone on Saturday which led to two people from Ipswich being arrested that afternoon in connection with the incident.

A 45-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and later re-arrested on suspicion of murder.

A 37-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods. Both parties were taken to Martlesham Police Investigation Centre for questioning and have since been released on police bail, with conditions to return on October 25 2024.

A Home Office post-mortem was carried out earlier this week but was unable to establish the cause of death and further tests will be carried out.

On the day of the attack, Ms Rose left her home address at 5am to walk her dog.

Detectives believe her final movements followed her usual dog walking route which started at Palfrey Heights, where she then turned onto a track road off Brooklands Rise which she followed to Rectory Lane before turning onto The Chase and the A137 Ipswich Road. 

From there she would have turned onto Newmill Lane and taken a track road near the railway line. 

The jacket is described as waterproof in material and is believed to be from an outdoor clothing brand like Regatta. 

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Major Investigation Team at Suffolk police quoting 37/41580/24.

A member of the public found Ms Rose lying unconscious on the track road at 6.25am. 

Suffolk police are still searching for the pink zip-up jacket which Ms Rose is believed to have been wearing immediately prior to the incident.