Losing a loved one is never easy. Losing a loved one to what police are treating as a possible homicide is something Stephanie Ibbott doesnB次元官网网址檛 wish upon anyone.
B次元官网网址淗ow could anyone do this to such a beautiful person,B次元官网网址� Ibbott questioned in a phone interview with the Hope Standard. B次元官网网址淭rina is so special and so loved, and who would ever want to hurt her?B次元官网网址�
The phone went silent.
B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 still getting used to saying was instead of is,B次元官网网址� she said.
Ibbott is the cousin of Trina June Hunt, 48, who police have said was last seen by her husband on Jan. 18. Her remains were found in Hope in on March 29.
She has spent the last few months experiencing a darker level of sadness than she ever imagined possible.
B次元官网网址淎nd anger, more than I ever imagined possible,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淎nticipation too, just constantly being on edge, waiting for the phone to ring with news.B次元官网网址�
Ibbott described Trina as bright and vivid. She welcomed everyone with open arms and was someone people gravitated to. She was meticulous and organized and at the same time flexible and accommodating, putting the needs of everyone else before her own.
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B次元官网网址淪he was such a unique person,B次元官网网址� Ibbott said. B次元官网网址淥ne thing people who knew her always felt was that you could see a sparkle in her eyes, and thatB次元官网网址檚 why weB次元官网网址檝e made a promise to never let her sparkle fade from the world.B次元官网网址�
A was created after Trina disappeared. At first it was meant to help coordinate the search for her, but has since become a place for 8,600 people to celebrate who she was and keep her memory alive.
B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檝e had a lot of people saying, B次元官网网址楾hank you for letting us get to know Trina. We have fallen in love with Trina through the photos and stories youB次元官网网址檝e shared about her,B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� Ibbott said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 been such an awful time, but to hear the feedback from people who loved Trina as well has been really touching.B次元官网网址�
Going down memory lane, Ibbott has been running things through her mind over and over and over, trying to see if there were any signs of what was to come in TrinaB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址減erfect life.B次元官网网址�
Anything to make sense of the senseless.
She hasnB次元官网网址檛 come up with anything, making it impossible for her mind not to wander and speculate.
B次元官网网址淚t takes a lot of focus and re-framing my thoughts to try to not go down a dark hole, because itB次元官网网址檚 really hard to get out of it once you go down there,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淲e had people say, B次元官网网址業tB次元官网网址檚 nice that you get closure,B次元官网网址� after Trina was found. No. There will be no closure or working through the stages of grief until we have that answer.B次元官网网址�
Ibbott said the family is so grateful for the support theyB次元官网网址檝e received, and are asking anybody who was in the Hope area the weekend of Jan. 16-17 to look in the backgrounds of photos, or check dash cam or home security cameras.
B次元官网网址淩evisit everything to see if there is even one little thing that stands out that can help lead us to answers.B次元官网网址�
Ibbott also renewed the familyB次元官网网址檚 plea for HuntB次元官网网址檚 killer to come forward, though she admitted itB次元官网网址檚 likely to go unheeded.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 sad enough that Trina had to suffer like she did, but to make her family suffer as well, itB次元官网网址檚 just time to do the right thing.B次元官网网址�
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