The mum of Libby Squire has left her bedroom exactly as it was before she was brutally murdered.
Every morning Lisa Squire walks into her daughter's bedroom, opens the curtains and calls “Morning chicken."
But, as light floods the room and reveals it to be empty, it's a daily reminder of her loss.
In her mind Libby will forever be frozen in time as a 21-year-old student – her life robbed in her prime during a night out in Hull.
Libby's bedroom at her family home in High Wycombe, Bucks is still as it was when she died in February 2019, her clothes still hanging in the wardrobe.
Her 51-year-old mum said: “It's the place I feel closest to her. I meditate twice a week in her room and that's where I feel her most. I talk to Libby all the time.
“I don't sit on her bed because she never liked us sitting on it, so I'll sit on a chair and chat away to her.”
Last week Lisa reached out to the family of Sarah Everard, who was killed by firearms police officer Wayne Couzens.
On Friday the 48-year-old admitted murdering Sarah, whom he snatched from a London street before raping her and burning her body in woodland.
Couzens was linked to three sex crimes before targeting marketing manager Sarah, 33.
The case has similarities to that of Libby's, who was raped by Polish dad-of-two Pawel Relowicz, 26, and dumped in the River Hull.
Before the committed the crime he had spent 18 months patrolling the streets of Hull, peering into women’s windows and pleasuring himself in the street.
When she heart of the similarities between Libby, 21, and Sarah – murdered by men linked to minor sexual offences - Lisa said her heart broke.
The grieving mum – who also tells of the heartrending moment she cradled Libby in a funeral parlour and sang lullabies to her – urged Sarah’s family “not to let her killer take any more of their life away from them”.
Lisa is calling for a change in the law in a bid to stop sex offenders escalating their crimes.
As part of her cause she has met Safeguarding Minister Victoria Atkins as part of a campaign to have low-level offenders offered therapy as intervention.
The 51-year-old said: “I remember hearing about Sarah’s death and thinking we have learned nothing from Libby’s murder.
"If I had a message for Sarah’s family it would be to remember her and don’t give her killer power by thinking about him.”
Despite her anguish and the horrific nature of his crime, Lisa refuses to be angry with her killer.
“If I’m angry it gives him power and he’s nothing, he’s inconsequential, he’s just a little piece of s**t," she said.
"I won’t let him continue to impact my family’s quality of life.”
Lisa said husband Russell, 55, an engineer, still struggles to talk about Libby’s death while it also devastated siblings Maisy, 15, Joe, 13, and 19-year-old Beth.
She added: “Even though Libby has gone we will always be a family of six.”
