‘Nobody was there for us’: mother urges Andy Burnham to reopen case of daughter killed in Texas
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Key context: <p>Lucy Harrison, 23, was shot in 2025 with her father’s gun. He was never arrested and a grand jury chose not to indict him</p><p>Lucy Harrison felt that 2024 was her best year yet. The 23-year-old had graduated from university with first class honours, landed her dream job and bought her first house with her boyfriend.</p><p>She was a “big girl adult” now, Lucy would say. She shed tears of joy seeing her idol, Taylor Swift, at Wembley on the Eras tour that summer. Life could hardly get any better. “All the hard work, all the tears, everything was coming to fruition<em>,”</em> said her mother, Jane Coates, from Warrington in north-west England.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/mother-urges-andy-burnham-reopen-case-daughter-lucy-harrison-killed-texas">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Lucy Harrison, 23, was shot in 2025 with her father’s gun. He was never arrested and a grand jury chose not to indict himLucy Harrison felt that 2024 was her best year yet. The 23-year-old had graduated from university with first class honours, landed her dream job and bought her first house with her boyfriend.She was a “big girl adult” now, Lucy would say. She shed tears of joy seeing her idol, Taylor Swift, at Wembley on the Eras tour that summer. Life could hardly get any better. “All the hard work, all the tears, everything was coming to fruition,” said her mother, Jane Coates, from Warrington in north-west England. Continue reading...
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