Friday, September 28, 2012

A letter to Jill..


Dear Jill,

With a heavy heart this morning I write you this letter.
I didn't know you. We had never met, never spoken and I only heard of you last Saturday when I came across the facebook page that told of your disappearance. But, somehow over the last week, I have felt like you were my friend.

I thought of you constantly. I updated news posts and facebook pages hourly to see the latest on the case and I was worried sick for you. I must admit, after day 2 I knew it wasn't looking good but I held hope in my heart that this time it would be different. That Police would burst through someone's front door and there you'd be. Terrified but ok. That you'd run to your husband and embrace him and we'd all shout "Hooray! She's ok!". You'd go back to your normal life and we'd all breathe a sigh of relief. But it was not to be. This morning as soon as I woke up, still lying in bed, I grabbed my phone to check the update and there was the news I had been praying against. The news confirming all of our fears. Your body was found. I feel like I am grieving and I am a total stranger. My heart hurts, my thoughts are with your family and I can only begin to understand what they are going through today. No one would wish that sort of pain on anybody.

As a Coburg girl I, like you, have spent many hours of my life walking the streets of Coburg and Brunswick. Yes, I was cautious and always weary and had experienced my share of creepy behaviour. But you never ever think it would turn into something like this. You always think the weirdo will just walk away and that's the end. Because of you, I will never walk anywhere on my own again. If that's the only semi positive thing that comes out of all of this, please know that what happened to you will help save other women. We will all think twice now about what we do.

I am so saddened that your life was cut so short for no reason. That you will never fulfil dreams you had, never grow old and grey with your husband, never experience more of life. That in an instant some sick person (I can't call him a human being) thought he had the right to do what he did to you. May he suffer for the rest of his days with his guilt weighing him down. And know we all wish that for him. If not worse.

Jill, know that you had millions of people praying for you, thinking about you and sending our love to your family this last week. I hope your husband, parents, brother and the rest know how many strangers have cared for Jill over the last 6 days and understand how many people have been affected by this senseless and disgusting act of cruelty.

Jill may your beautiful soul rest in peace and may your loved ones be comforted and be strong to get through this tragedy.

Love Angie.L
xxx

Click on this link to read Jill's story