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Statement from Doddie Edmonds

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Published: 08/01/2010

Statement from Doddie Edmonds issued on two year anniversary of the murder of Georgina Edmonds

Doddie Edmonds, the daughter of Georgina Edmonds, said: “In July last year I moved back to England in the hope it would help me come to terms with what happened to my mother, and I am now living in Brighton working as a nurse for the NHS.  Unfortunately I have found being back in England has made things very difficult and I am finding it even harder to cope.  I really need some closure and for the person who did this to my mother to be found.

“I am worried that the longer this goes on for, people will start to forget, and we’ll never know what really happened and who is responsible.

“However, I am really encouraged that people are still calling the police and giving information, thank you.  I feel extremely supported and encouraged that people are still trying to help us find this person and I know that people really do care and will be absolutely delighted when the killer is caught.

“I think about my mother a lot.  At the moment, every time I see an elderly person walking carefully along the icy pavements it brings back memories of my mother who had several falls due to the icy weather, and how I used to worry about her in these sorts of conditions.

“I have visited the cottage again and it looks so forlorn and empty and makes me feel sad because it was once such a happy, warm place with my mother playing with the grandchildren.

“I find that it is getting harder to cope with as time goes on and the only way to make things any better is for offender to be bought to justice so I can start to move on with my life. 

“I feel very hopeful in light of the new lines of enquires that the killer will be caught.  I plead with the community to come forward and give the police the name of anyone they’re suspicious of or who could be connected in anyway to my mothers’ death."

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