I appreciated the authors insights into what she was feeling, how her family was handling things, etc. I am not just saying that, I truly believe it. Once you read this book, I am convinced that you will agree with my assessment. The fact that Georgia's father was a police detective makes this all the more poignant and inexcusable. And to be clear, I am not victim shaming nor am I judging them on trying to get answers, I just felt that it was so much of the book and it was repetitive.

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The 67-year-old added: “They say time heals, but it doesn’t. You just get used to living with the pain. Georgia, an Air Training Corps cadet who dreamed of becoming an RAF paramedic, was reported missing by her detective constable dad Stephen, 56, and mum Lynette, 51, when she failed to return home. If you have any interest in True Crime and/or any interest in police and policing, this book must be added to your library. Reynolds also wrote sexual fantasies about Georgia which were discovered scrawled in a notepad in his bedroom.

As we read the book, we discovered the friend was in love with her and she kept rejecting him as she nicely told him repeatedly she wasn't interested in him. He could not and would not leave her alone and disguised a way for her to be his. After that event, we come to learn what the police knew from various locations, parents, or others. Only to soon to realize that people didn't do their jobs correctly and this death as well as others could have been prevented. At the time of Georgia’s disappearance, Steve was – ironically – a highly-commended murder squad detective serving with West Mercia Police. It is a very powerful moving memoir from Lynn and Steve about what an amazing daughter Georgia was her love for life and for all the people around her. The sheer determination this family has shown is amazing, especially, how after a murder this brought the family the powerful strength for the quest for justice. They did not falter in their fight to try and change the future of policing, for future families that become victims of crime. I think after reading this book that Renolds was a chillingly disturb young man whom I think nothing, or nobody could get through to. Plus, it is very important not to forget that there is a family suffering for the rest of their lives due to his actions. Yet at the same time I wondered, even if everything had been done by the book, would Jamie have still killed? I would say he would have. But if the justice system had worked perfectly Georgia's family would NOT have anyone to blame.

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Speaking after the case Mr Williams described her as "very good all-round sportswoman and loved the outdoor life". Part memoir, part true crime, Our Georgia - The Devastating Murder of My Daughter By a Killer Who Should've Been Stopped by Lynnette Williams and journalist Robin Eveleigh is one of those books that's hard to put down. that being said, certainly georgia’s family deserves to tell her story. this book was written by georgia’s mother, who offers a unique perspective into the aftermath of losing a child in such a gruesome way. i think this is very important because people who explore true crime tend to forget that at the end of the day, there is a family suffering for the rest of their lives. It also details their fight for answers from West Mercia Police, the force Georgia's dad Steve served in as a murder squad detective.

Who is Jamie Reynolds?

Reynolds strangled Georgia at his home in Wellington, near Telford, Shropshire, between 8pm and 9pm on May 26 this year after offering to take photographs of her for a modelling portfolio. Looks at aspects of life during the time of Plautus and Terence to examine the housing marriage children slaves finances religion and general life Social and Private Life at Rome in the Time of Plautus and Terence by Georgia Williams Leffingwell – eBook Details

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If the police had done their jobs in the days, weeks, months, and years leading up to the night Georgia was murdered, it is an almost certitude that she would be alive today. Our Georgia is a personal account of Lynnette Williams' fight for justice after her daughter, Georgia Williams, was brutally murdered by a man with a long history of violence and abuse towards women. Williams takes readers on a journey through her grief and frustration as she navigates the criminal justice system, discovering loopholes and broken policies that allowed the killer to remain free and continue to harm others. The book is a true testament to Williams' strength and resilience as she transforms her pain into a fight for change, tirelessly advocating for improving domestic violence laws and better police training. This was such a powerful and heart wrenching story. Written from the victims mothers point of view, it’s a nice change to hear more about Georgia and what she was like instead of being glossed over as can happen when books on true crime are written and get more focused on the murderer. Georgia was planning a career in the RAF when her parents waved her off from the family home in ­Telford, Shropshire.The setting is Great Britain not the USA. Georgia was a lovely girl who was sassy, feisty, hardworking, determined, and knew what she wanted to do with her life. She had a close circle of friends that was ever growing. She never dreamed that one of those friends was not who they said and acted like they should have. We soon find out that Georgia was murdered, not by some unknown person, but someone who was supposed to be a friend.

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Steve and Lynnette fought for two inquiries which uncovered a litany of failures by police, social services and mental health teams. “We were ­promised lessons had been learned, and action would be taken to prevent the same mistakes happening again,” says Lynnette.All the agencies are at fault and should have seen the red flags that this young psychopath was able to lie, deceive and get away with at such a young age. I was disgusted at how the police treated Steve and Lynn, especially considering Steve was a serving member of the force. Another drag for me was the constant rehashing of how the courts, police, probation, therapists, etc failed them. The first mention was enough, then there was the report itself, then a constant rehashing of how they failed to keep Georgia safe.