PETALING JAYA: The grieving mother of murder victim Audrey Melissa Bathinathan has pledged to continue pursuing justice for her daughter.
At least twice a year since Audrey’s death at age 17 in 1999, Margaret Francis has been dropping in at the federal police headquarters in Bukit Aman to enquire on the progress police have made.
“I drop by Bukit Aman after my medical check-up at a nearby government clinic, but the policemen on sentry duty tell me all sorts of things like ‘the investigations officer is no longer around’ and don’t give me a proper answer. I went there just last month,“ she told theSun in a recent interview.
“Last year, I met an inspector, who was assigned to the case. I really hope police can update me on the case. Everyday I can only pray for the capture of the individuals who ended my girl’s life so cruelly.
“Audrey had aspired to be a teacher. Ironically, she also dreamt of being famous and being interviewed on TV, and all this happened in tragic circumstances,” she said.
It is learnt that as far as police investigations are concerned, Audrey’s murder remains a cold case until fresh evidence emerges.
Over 40 suspects, mostly drug users and vagabonds, who frequent the vicinity, were arrested, but none were linked to the case after DNA profiling was carried out.
Francis reached out to theSun the same day we recounted Audrey’s case in our “Crimes that shook the nation” column, saying she wanted to tell her story.
