The final insult: I knew my daughter's brute of a boyfriend would kill her... but a vile act as her body lay in a funeral home will haunt me until the day I die: KAREN EDWARDS
My daughter Ashlee and I had always been close friends as well as mother and daughter.
One of my favourite memories was travelling around Australia for a year and a half with her when she was 10 years old. We would sleep in a tent and eat rice for dinner when money got tight; it really bonded us.
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