Every new tragedy brings fresh heartache for Amy Wilkinson.
Three years on from her sister's brutal death, the mum-of-two still can't shake memories of the moment she was told Jodie had been knifed in broad daylight.
And as Amy attempts to deal with her own heartache she is painfully aware the she is not the only one enduring the same agony.
Jodie was stabbed to death on a Newcastle street in the middle of the afternoon after an altercation broke out between one of her friends and a group of strangers.
The crime, which happened in Arthur's Hill as parents picked their children up from school, may have seemed as unusual as it was savage.
But tragically Jodie is one of a long line of victims to lose their life to senseless violence on our streets.
In August the murder of lawyer Peter Duncan, who was stabbed to death with a screwdriver in Eldon Square, sent shockwaves across the North East.
Then this week new crime figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed that knife crime and violence are on the rise on Tyneside.
Now, Amy has opened up about the sadness she feels every time she hears of another death.
The 29-year-old said: "It's getting worse now. People are just dropping down.
"They are going about doing their daily thing and they are getting killed.
"Every time I hear of something happening it just brings it all back.
"When Peter Duncan was stabbed in Eldon Square I just felt for the family. It's just not right."
Popular Jodie was killed on the afternoon of October 17, 2016.
The 27-year-old was walking along Stanhope Street when she was knifed during an altercation between one of her friends and a group of strangers, Newcastle Crown Court was told.
The wound to Jodie’s abdomen caused massive internal bleeding, and despite efforts to save her, she died from her injuries.
David Waterston, of Hamilton Place, Newcastle, was charged with Jodie’s murder, but later acquitted after a trial.
A year after Jodie’s death, four men were jailed for their parts in the violent disorder, which led to Jodie’s death.
Amy, who lives in Newburn, says she will not give up on getting justice for her sister, and this year she used the Chronicle to beg for anyone who knew anything to do the right thing and come forward.
But she fears young people in gangs are simply covering up violence on the streets.
"Something needs to be done," she continued.
"People are dying more and more. People need to start speaking up. It's the gangs that are doing it."
Earlier this week, Northumbria Police's Chief Constable Winston Keenen moved to reassure people that Tyneside remains a safe place to liive.
He said: "It is important to recognise that levels of violent crime remain low compared to other parts of the UK but we are far from complacent.
“There can never be a good reason for someone to go out with a knife or any form of weapon and we are committed to tackling such issues robustly.
“I would ask that the public continue to work with us and report concerns so we can take positive action.
“Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness has also established a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to tackle the root causes of the issues associated with this type of crime and we are fully committed to working with this programme.”
