THE mum of tragic teenager Ellie Jones has spoken out about her unbearable heartache following the death of her 'beautiful loving daughter' in 2013.
Cheryl Beckett and her family had their lives changed forever on May 18 that year but she hopes the devastating loss will urge people to take action to prevent such incidents happening again.
Cheryl said: "On May 18 2013 our lives, our families' lives changed forever. Our beautiful loving daughter was taken in such a tragic circumstance that we will never ever get over.
Ellie was a fun loving girl with so many amazing qualities to offer. On reflection qualities and characteristics that even adults do not have today.
Ellie had so many friends that still today are still in shock of the dreadful news of that night. Ellie was your typical teenage girl who loved to dress up and do her hair, nails and make up she would spend hours in her room.
Ellie had so many plans for her future, leaving school, passing her driving test, going to college and getting a job too. Ellie even often talked about when she got her own place and how she would design and furnish it. Ellie had it all mapped out.
Ellie liked to take care of everyone and would always be there and support anyone in need, that was her caring nature.
One day your life is perfect and the next unbearable, even words are difficult to express the loss of a child. We still now look at each other and shake our heads in a reality check and ask ourselves has this really happened?
The last 2 years of our lives have been a unbearable not knowing exactly what happened to our Ellie Jones on the night after leaving home with her friend to go out for the evening.
We now have to tell ourselves in our minds that we will never know and it totally breaks our hearts. Not knowing is the hardest when we finally thought that we would get the answers through the trial.
As a parent you know deeply when something is wrong and instinct that something is not right, myself and her dad were continuously contacting Ellie by message and phone calls from 10.30pm and she didn't answer? Then the knock on the door and this is the moment our nightmare began. It breaks my heart to think all the time we were trying to get hold of Ellie and she was in desperate need of us.
I think that it is so important that people understand that PMA is being manufactured and sold on the streets. No one we knew had ever heard of this terrible drug and when researched the facts are frightening as we know. I want Ellie’s story to stop and make people think if they are ever in a situation.
Ellie saw a job vacancy with the ambulance service taking the emergency 999 calls and assist people in need over the phone and help to save lives. If Ellie’s story can stop to make people think then we believe she is saving lives from the heavens above.
Ellie has a memory Facebook page that keeps us all going and still today so many friends and family that were part of her short life still post today to express the love and loss for her."
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