NSW Police told devastated staff at St Andrews Cathedral School that the death of a young female coach in the gym bathrooms was “a completely unforseeable event”.
The principal of St Andrew’s Cathedral School vowed the horrors of evil would not define the community and paid tribute to the adored sports assistant as the body of her suspected killer – a fellow coach she dated briefly – was recovered off Sydney’s cliffs.
CCTV footage showed James entering the bathrooms next to the gym with Paul Thijssen – with whom she’d split a few days earlier after a brief relationship – at about 7pm, police sources confirmed on the condition of anonymity. Police sources not authorised to speak publicly about the investigation have suggested the wounds were inflicted by a hammer.Thijssen’s call alerted police to his location. The manhunt for Thijssen along the South Head cliffs ended on Friday at Vaucluse, when a body was retrieved from the water just after midday. It has not been formally identified.St Andrew’s principal Julie McGonigle described James as much-loved.
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