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Karen Buckley missing in Glasgow

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hollyisalovelyname · 14/04/2015 16:47

26 year old occupational therapist student missing in Glasgow.
Mumsnetters Please keep your eyes and ears open - you might find something beneficial to her being found.

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squoosh · 16/04/2015 10:14

I keep thinking of her family. They remind me so much of my own. Her parents at the press conference, so stoic and so composed but their hearts clearly breaking. And her brother making that awful long flight back from Australia.

I can't imagine the horror they're all going through.

Peanut14 · 16/04/2015 10:21

My thoughts are with Karen's parents, family and friends and her poor brother making an awful journey back.

IHeartRosPoldark · 16/04/2015 10:24

Her poor family, my thoughts are with them, it really is appalling that a young woman cannot live her life as she sees fit, cannot take a short walk without this happening. I hope they can find the strength to look after each other.What a terrible shame and needless loss.

wannaBe · 16/04/2015 10:28

This is Joanna Yeates/Chris Jefferies all over again isn't it? Hmm

We know nothing about this case other than the very little information that has been released to the press. All we know is that a woman left a nightclub with a man and now she is dead. Sad

But it's all too easy to speculate, and reality is that there is so little information and so much which doesn't add up - even from the point of view of what her friends have said, that it's possible anything could have happened.

And given the man in the flat was the last to presumably have seen her alive, it stands to reason that he would have to be questioned by the police.

But nothing else can be assumed - even from what her friends have said. Because fact remains she left the nightclub willingly and was seen on cctv getting into his car. Perhaps she knew him. Perhaps she did actually like one night stands but perhaps came from a conservative background and therefore didn't talk about her sex life - even to her friends. Perhaps she'd had a falling out with her friends and was offered comfort by this man, hence why she left without her coat or saying goodbye. but her friends didn't want to admit to that because she was now missing.

The police have to follow due process. if the man detained is the man she left with,and if there is enough evidence, then he will be charged. But we simply cannot presume guilt based on the fact that he was ugly and that no woman would have slept with him willingly. There are plenty of "ugly" (what is ugly anyway?) men with attractive partners and vice versa. it's all subjective.

2rebecca · 16/04/2015 11:21

I wonder what the farm connection is. It seems to have been a family farm that offered B&B, not sure if it changed hands or was just a convenient place to dump a body.
Very sad, my son is a student in Glasgow and walks home drunk from night clubs alone despite my nagging, but then I'd get night buses or the last tube home from London alone as a student.

2rebecca · 16/04/2015 11:26

The Daily Record says it's Pacteau who was arrested and will be in court tomorrow.

AldiQ7 · 16/04/2015 11:41

So has Pacteau been charged with her murder then?

mkz10 · 16/04/2015 11:53

AyeAmarok, I agree with you about feeling uneasy as to why they would release that part of his statement at a time when he was supposedly not a suspect. I guess at that point, they were pulling all the pieces of the puzzle together after they had traced him and were buying time until they collaborated his story in the hope they would find her.

Wannabe, the police said she was seen walking with him on CCTV, they was no mention that she got into his car.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 16/04/2015 12:15

Here's an idea, why don't people just stop going on about what might/might not have happened and stop guessing and speculating?
We don't know. we may never know.
sheesh.

feckthemall · 16/04/2015 12:25

Its only human to wonder and speculate when something like this happens as distasteful as it may be to some.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 16/04/2015 12:32

well MNHQ asked us to stoppit. for a good reason.

squoosh · 16/04/2015 13:57

Something so sad about her body being found on a farm seeing as she comes from a farming background herself.

giraffesCantBunnyHop · 16/04/2015 14:06

Awful

CoffeeBucks · 16/04/2015 14:25

Feck, the problem is it's not just distasteful but could affect the legal process of whoever is eventually charged/tried.

feckthemall · 16/04/2015 14:27

I get that Coffeebucks, I was actually replying to this post by zingdramaqueenofsheeba

Here's an idea, why don't people just stop going on about what might/might not have happened and stop guessing and speculating?
We don't know. we may never know.
sheesh

mkz10 · 16/04/2015 14:37

For anyone worried about the possibility of comments made here affecting the legal process, it would be worthwhile going to the official Facebook page of the Greater Glasgow Police division, to see the comments which have been left there over the past few days.

Schoolaroundthecorner · 16/04/2015 14:37

I see almost €40,000 has been raised by Karen's friends for her family. I know some posters have issues with this kind of crowd sourced funding but I think it shows how many people have been moved and upset at what has happened and want to make some small gesture for the family.

Schoolaroundthecorner · 16/04/2015 14:40

Doesn't mean that it's right to speculate here just because unwise/distasteful comments are on another site mkz10

feckthemall · 16/04/2015 14:41

Its amazing to have raised so much money in such a short space of time. I hope one day it will bring some comfort to Karens family and friends that they know how much the general public were thinking of them and were hoping and praying so much for a different outcome.

2rebecca · 16/04/2015 14:44

I don't like donations like this unless it is for something particular. I understand her friends are upset but if it was my son money wouldn't help and would just be another thing to worry about.
If people don't like this thread then they don't have to read it.

squoosh · 16/04/2015 14:45

I think it's great they've raised that money. It's only a 24 hour thing and it states on the page that they'll stop accepting donations this evening.

mkz10 · 16/04/2015 14:52

I agree, hopefully the fundraising will be some tiny comfort to them eventually, not because of the monetary contributions, but because so many were moved and affected by what happened to their beautiful daughter.

quietlysuggests · 16/04/2015 14:54

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Schoolaroundthecorner · 16/04/2015 14:57

I agree quietlysuggests. Also the family probably aren't even aware of the collection given what they are dealing with and certainly didn't seek it out. It's just a gesture made by her friends that has taken off a bit as people are affected by what's happened. I also think it's very sensible of them just to leave it as a 24hr thing.

Psipsina · 16/04/2015 15:23

Sorry, I know you probably mean very well but to speculate on a family's finances at this point seems a bit off as well. Maybe this thread ought to be deleted altogether. It doesn't serve any purpose any more.