Paul Warren has gone through every parent’s worst nightmare: outliving one of his precious children. And adding to his torment, more than four years after his daughter Elly was murdered on a beach in Africa, his family are still waiting for police to begin investigating the crime.
“She was confident, headstrong and full of life,” Paul tells WHO of the aspiring marine biologist, who was killed while on vacation when she was just 20 years old. “She was a daughter any dad would be proud of. And I am,” he says.
A seasoned traveller, Elly was volunteering with Underwater Africa in 2016 when she visited the picturesque seaside village of Tofo – a resort town in Mozambique. She’d spend a blissful six weeks diving and working alongside a team of scientists on an ocean conservation project. “She’d work four or five jobs, so she could save up every six months to go over there,” Paul explains. “Elly loved Africa and African people. She always said she wanted to move there one day.”
Just six days before she was due to fly home to begin studying marine biology at uni, Elly went out for a celebratory farewell with the other volunteers. Witnesses have said they saw the vivacious blonde dancing in the streets having a ball. “By all accounts, Elly had a fabulous trip up until the end,” explains Paul. “It was just meant to be a fun night out with friends and she just ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Hours later, around 5am on November 9, 2016, Elly was found lying face down in the dirt near a toilet block by a local fisherman. An autopsy report showed she died from asphyxiation after inhaling sand and no drugs or alcohol were found in her system.
Esta historia es de la edición March 1, 2021 de WHO.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor ? Conectar
Esta historia es de la edición March 1, 2021 de WHO.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.
Ya eres suscriptor? Conectar
TAKE IT SLOW
Anyone can be a runner with this back-to-basics approach to hitting the pavement
ADAM LAMBERT
THE POP STAR IS READY TO MAKE SOME NOISE ON THE VOICE
LIANE MORIARTY - 'Tell me your secrets'
LIES AND SCANDAL ARE ALL IN A DAY'S WORK FOR THE AUTHOR
DID SHE REALLY manifest SUCCESS?
THE SUPERSTAR SINGER - WITH A NOTABLE FAMILY LINK TO THE SIMPSONS - IS ON A REAL ROLL
Like mother, like daughter
INSIDE LILA'S MODELLING JOURNEY AND CLOSE CONNECTION TO HER MUM
ITALIAN FAMILY VACAY
WITH A NEW TOYBOY IN TOW, THE MATERIAL GIRL CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY IN STYLE
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
THE MY KITCHEN RULES HOSTS TELL WHO ABOUT THE BOND THEY HAVE THAT CAN'T BE FAKED
LUCY LETBY - 'SHE'S NOT INNOCENT!'
AS SOME CAMPAIGN TO FREE THE KILLER NURSE, A MUM PLEADS FOR THE QUESTIONS TO STOP
BREAK-UP OVER BEN?
SOURCES SPILL THAT THE STAR'S LOYALTY TO HER EX IS TAKING A TOLL ON HER RELATIONSHIP
Justin & Hailey WELCOME BABY JACK!
BABY BOOM - THE STARS SAY HELLO TO A HOST OF NEW ARRIVALS