Hereford girl, 12, writes letter to help find father's killer
The 12-year-old daughter of a murdered man has said she was "never given the chance to get to know him or for him to watch me grow up."Christian Bagley, 30, was stabbed twice as he walked under the Hunderton Bridge in Hereford on Father's Day, 21 June 2015.A decade on and West Mercia Police have released a fresh appeal asking the public to help investigate the unsolved case. Mr Bagley's daughter has penned a letter describing the "emptiness" and "void" felt. She said: "I'll never be able to spend Father's Day, Christmas Day or a birthday with my dad."
"Somebody taking my dad away from me when I was little is something that can never be replaced. I have no memories of my dad or his presence in my life - only what other people have told me."There's an emptiness that should not be inside me because somebody murdered my dad, that void within myself will always be there."They still haven't found who killed my dad or any answers to why somebody cruelly took him away," she said.Mr Bagley had been to see his daughter, who was 19 months old at the time, at his ex-partner's house for Father's Day.Several people have been arrested and released without charge since 2015.Det Chief Inspector Gareth Lougher said he hoped the heartfelt letter would "prick the conscience of someone carrying a burden of knowledge about his murder" and help find those responsible for his killing."After ten years, loyalties and allegiances may have changed, and we hope anyone who knows something will do the right thing and speak to us," he said.
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