EDWARDS’ SISTER TO SPEAK TO PARLIAMENT AT INQUIRY
The sister of vanished MANIC STREET PREACHERS rocker RICHEY EDWARDS is set to urge Members of Parliament in the U.K. to offer more support for families of missing persons.
The guitarist disappeared from London in 1995 and his car was later found abandoned in his native Wales, sparking fears he had committed suicide. He was legally declared dead in 2008.
His younger sister Rachel Elias is still haunted by his disappearance, but she has agreed to speak about Edwards as she gives evidence at a missing persons inquiry on Thursday (16Jun11).
Representing U.K. charity Missing People, Elias hopes to convince officials to do more to help people searching for their missing loved ones.
In a piece for Britain’s The Sun, she writes, "Having a missing person in the family is like living in limbo. My brother is always on my mind, a constant shadow…
"When someone dies you begin in time to accept they’re gone. But when someone’s missing you never have that. I’ll be nervous giving my evidence to the Parliamentary missing persons inquiry on Thursday but I know it’s something I have to do.
"We want families to know everything is being done to find their loved one. My brother’s case was handled by three separate police forces and they weren’t very helpful.
"We want DNA of missing people to be cross-matched to unidentified bodies. We want families to have access to support. My family was never offered any counselling. And finally we need action to reform the long, painful process of having a missing loved one declared legally dead.
"I still have no evidence to say that my brother Richey’s not alive. Every day I hope for some kind of outcome."
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