Hampton Online

Words from the family

The family of Amelie Delagrange, the young woman murdered on Twickenham Green on the evening of Thursday 19 August, visited the scene where she died after arriving from France.

The Delagrange family kneel at the spot on Twickenham Green where Amelie was found

It was a poignant moment for the grieving family and police have taken the unusual step of releasing moving words written in a card and left at Twickenham Green, along with bouquets of flowers and a soft toy, by Amelie's family.

Mme Delagrange, Amelie's mother, wrote: "Amelie, my angel, why do you leave your mother? I must live without you. I keep you in my heart forever and I keep your smile. Mummy, who loves you, and all your cousins and friends think of you and will love you forever."

Amelie's sister Mlle Delagrange, wrote: "To my beloved sister, you had found here the happiness you were looking for. You had found it, somebody has taken it. You stay forever in my heart. In the name of my small family, I write: I LOVE YOU."

M. Delagrange, Amelie's father wrote: "You will always stay alive and stay in my heart, my little darling Lili, you whom I find so beautiful. Daddy who always loved you."

And there was a note too from the whole family: "For all of us, you will stay forever, carved in our hearts. We love you, my darling. We will love you until the end of our days."

Through these words, released with the consent of the Delagrange family, police hope to gain wider coverage of the appeal number, available for anyone who may be able to help with the murder inquiry: 020 8247 7911.