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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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123upthere · 17/04/2015 16:20

It is being reported that he has been now charged with her murder

Northernlurker · 17/04/2015 16:32

There is a vigil in George Square tonight.

AuntieStella · 17/04/2015 16:36

BBC article on Alexander Pacteau's appearance at Glasgow Sheriff Court

He entered no plea and has been remanded in custody.

squoosh · 17/04/2015 16:39

The Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service has tweeted

'Please note Pacteau case is now live under Contempt of Court Act and nothing should be published that might prejudice case #KarenBuckley'

123upthere · 17/04/2015 16:42

Good post Squoosh thank you

Justusemyname · 17/04/2015 16:45

I can't put how I feel into words.

RIP Karen and strength to your family and friends Flowers.

bideyinn · 17/04/2015 19:00

It's just so awful. I can't quite articulate how I feel either. Far too close to home. For all it's bad reputation Glasgow is really a very safe place. My son used to go to the under 18 nights at that club. I wonder about there at night all the time.

Poor Karen

ShellyF · 17/04/2015 19:17

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bideyinn · 17/04/2015 19:50

It's just so awful. I can't quite articulate how I feel either. Far too close to home. For all it's bad reputation Glasgow is really a very safe place. My son used to go to the under 18 nights at that club. I wonder about there at night all the time.

Poor Karen

AgentCooper · 17/04/2015 19:59

Her poor wee mum. She just looks like so many of my aunties and friends' mums. The sadness on her face is dreadful. Lots of us in Glasgow are of families who came from Ireland not all that long ago and still feel strong connections. The cards blessed by priests lying in the flowers break my heart. I wish her family some peace.

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expatinscotland · 17/04/2015 21:06

So saddened for her family. It is so hard to carry on, when your child dies, but having all this to deal with on top, it's so very heart-rending.

ShellyF · 17/04/2015 21:08

Very sad indeedSad

mkz10 · 17/04/2015 21:43

How brave and so dignified of them to attend the vigil. The pain and shock on their faces is just palpable. God, it is just devastating, i can not begin to imagine what they are going through. God bless Karen and her family and friend.

AyeAmarok · 17/04/2015 21:51

How they've managed to cope with that vigil I've no idea. It's a very kind thing for the people of Glasgow to do, but what a brave and kind family they are for going when they must not be able to comprehend what has happened to their wonderful daughter this week. It must all be an awful blur.

feckthemall · 17/04/2015 21:54

You try to imagine how you would cope if something like this happened to your loved ones but you just can't fathom it. To be able to put one foot in front of the other seems unimaginable to me and yet there are her parents and brother so dignified meeting some of the well wishers. We truly are an amazingly resiliant species.

expatinscotland · 17/04/2015 22:37

'How they've managed to cope with that vigil I've no idea. It's a very kind thing for the people of Glasgow to do, but what a brave and kind family they are for going when they must not be able to comprehend what has happened to their wonderful daughter this week. It must all be an awful blur.'

I don't know them. And I wish them the best. But it is very shocking when your child dies. Even if it was expected, which it wasn't but our child had been sick. Still, it is so shocking. It is about 2-3 years before that shock wears off. Memory is very blurry.

I have a dear friend whose daughter was murdered, and who went on to lose another child.

I hope they find whatever support they feel fit and what can be had in these circumstances.

What a hard road it is.

123upthere · 18/04/2015 06:58

Sorry for your loss Expat

MrsBanana · 19/04/2015 13:27

Sorry for your terrible loss, expat

mkz10 · 19/04/2015 19:34

Oh expat, so sorry !

mrsmeerkat · 20/04/2015 08:36

So sorry to hear of your loss too expat

mrsmeerkat · 20/04/2015 08:46

So sorry to hear of your loss too expat

AyeAmarok · 11/08/2015 12:32

The fucker has at least plead guilty.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-33859134

He'll get a mandatory life sentence apparently.

Still, life in jail is too good for him.

ML29 · 11/08/2015 13:48

AyeAmarok, read that and the details are horrendous. The poor girl suffered terribly, imagine that happening in a car parked on a street. Her poor family and friends must be devastated.

The photo in the DM of her poor parents at court today is just heart wrenching.

Despite all the awful details, there is still nothing about the tactics he used to convince her to go to his car.

He is a sick fucker.

AyeAmarok · 11/08/2015 13:56

I know. I can't help but think there could well have been some sexual assault too, of some kind. But he'll get away with it because of how he killed her.

The whole thing makes me sick to my stomach. That this sort of thing can happen to an innocent young woman, by someone who is out and about in society acting "normal".

I will think about her and her poor family for a long time to come.