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Parents talk of daughter's death | Parents talk of daughter's death |
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The parents of a runaway Hampshire teenager who was found hanged have been talking about their experiences. | The parents of a runaway Hampshire teenager who was found hanged have been talking about their experiences. |
David and Jennifer Edwards, said 15-year-old Rosemary's death in Hampshire showed how important it was to communication with your children. | |
"If any good can come out of it then maybe it's that other teenagers could feel easier about talking to their parents or friends," said Mr Edwards. | "If any good can come out of it then maybe it's that other teenagers could feel easier about talking to their parents or friends," said Mr Edwards. |
Rosemary had 15 wonderful years and was a "jolly ray of sunshine", they said. | |
The teenager from Dibden Purlieu was last seen leaving the family home on 4 September after an argument over her lying about losing a part-time job. | |
The whole family feels that she had 15 wonderful years and has probably done more in her life than most adults did in their whole lives David and Jennifer Edwards | The whole family feels that she had 15 wonderful years and has probably done more in her life than most adults did in their whole lives David and Jennifer Edwards |
Mr and Mrs Edwards said they would love to know why Rosemary died but because they cannot, they must live with the consequences. | Mr and Mrs Edwards said they would love to know why Rosemary died but because they cannot, they must live with the consequences. |
"We don't want [her death] to become a focal point of our lives," Mrs Edwards, 47, told the BBC. | "We don't want [her death] to become a focal point of our lives," Mrs Edwards, 47, told the BBC. |
"It must not be an obsession. We are not setting up a shrine to Rosemary, we are not going to become obsessed that she is not with us anymore," Mr Edwards, 52, added. | "It must not be an obsession. We are not setting up a shrine to Rosemary, we are not going to become obsessed that she is not with us anymore," Mr Edwards, 52, added. |
On the day after Rosemary disappeared, Mr Edwards went into her room to get her up for school and found her missing. | On the day after Rosemary disappeared, Mr Edwards went into her room to get her up for school and found her missing. |
She did not take her mobile phone or money when she left. | She did not take her mobile phone or money when she left. |
Rosemary's parents will never know why she died | Rosemary's parents will never know why she died |
Police began an extensive search but turned up nothing for three weeks. | Police began an extensive search but turned up nothing for three weeks. |
A reward of £100,000 was also offered by the CCTV company Mr Edwards works for. | A reward of £100,000 was also offered by the CCTV company Mr Edwards works for. |
But it was a group of walkers who found Rosemary's body at Bartley in the New Forest on Sunday evening. Her death is not being treated as suspicious. | |
Mr and Mrs Edwards, along with their two other children, Lucy, 19, and Robert, 17, have since visited the site where her body was discovered, and said they found it "therapeutic". | |
"All four of us thought it was a weight that had been lifted and it is something I would recommend if it should happen to others. | |
"They should visit the place of death ... I don't know why it helped," said Mrs Edwards. | |
Mr Edwards said he blamed himself for Rosemary leaving because he had told her how disappointed he was with her for lying. | Mr Edwards said he blamed himself for Rosemary leaving because he had told her how disappointed he was with her for lying. |
"I thought it was me that tipped her over the edge but we certainly never blamed each other which could tear the family apart," he said. | "I thought it was me that tipped her over the edge but we certainly never blamed each other which could tear the family apart," he said. |
"The whole family feels that she had 15 wonderful years and she has probably done more in her life than most adults did in their whole lives. | "The whole family feels that she had 15 wonderful years and she has probably done more in her life than most adults did in their whole lives. |
"And we will just remember her as a happy jolly ray of sunshine that she was." | "And we will just remember her as a happy jolly ray of sunshine that she was." |
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